Dar Chaabane

History

Dar Chaabane was founded in the year 53 AH (7th century) by Chaabane Mechmech, a warlord of the Muslim Army in the Cap Bon region. He built a citadel in the town around which members of his family came to live, whence the name of Dar Chaabane or "the House of Chaabane". In the year 334 AH (10th century), Ahmed Fehri El Ansari, a native of Seguia el-Hamra in Morocco, settled a few kilometers away from Dar Chaabane and married a descendant of the commander Mechmech. With the newcomers, their progeny later founded the town of Zaouiet El Fehri. Dar Chaabane's history is linked to the arrival of Andalusian Moors, expelled from Spain during the Reconquista in the 15th century.

Most-observed species

• Spotless Starling

  Sturnus unicolor Temminck, 1820 · Aves
  89
• Spanish Sparrow

  Passer hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820) · Aves
  85
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  75
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  75
• Laughing Dove

  Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  74
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  62
• Common Bulbul

  Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves
  60
• Great Gray Shrike

  Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  60

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2024-03-29
  24 km SE of Menzel Heurr, Tunisia
• M 4.7 — 2018-03-08
  11 km E of Rhar el Melah, Tunisia
• M 4 — 2016-06-02
  22 km SE of Menzel Heurr, Tunisia
• M 4.4 — 2013-10-21
  3 km ESE of Bekalta, Tunisia
• M 4.4 — 2013-10-18
  6 km ENE of Seïada, Tunisia
• M 4.1 — 2013-03-25
  67 km NE of Bekalta, Tunisia