Ksour Essef is a town and commune in the Mahdia Governorate

Mahdia Governorate

Mahdia Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in central-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 2,966 km² and has a population of 378,000...

, Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

. As of 2004 it had a population of 26,219.

History

The date of the creation of the city coincide with
the arrival of the Banu Hilal in 1050, after the fall of the city
Salakta many capita Phoenicians, Greeks,
Byzantines, Romans converted to Islam with the arrival
Arabs.