Ras Jebel

History

During the Roman Empire the town, founded in the 3rd or 4th century, was a civitas of the Roman Province of Africa and was the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric, which survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. It appears on the Peutinger Map. There is a set of ruins of the Roman era town of El Rhettas, 7km to the west. Towards the second half of the 14th century, the Muslim Andalusians expelled from Spain would have settled on the site after having benefited from agricultural concessions. The inhabitants of the town carry Ghwalbia's gentile in reference to the Arab tribe of Banou Ghalib from the Spanish region of Zaragoza, whence the majority of the first wave of refugee Moriscos that settled in Ras Jebel originated. A road linking the port of Carthage to the region of Ras Jebel is called "Qalat el-Andalus" (Citadel of the Andalusians).

Geography

Ras Jebel is set on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It has an altitude of .

Most-observed species

• European Serin

  Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  16
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  12
• European Greenfinch

  Chloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10
• White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9
• Sardinian Warbler

  Curruca melanocephala (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  9
• Spanish Sparrow

  Passer hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820) · Aves
  8
• Eurasian Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8
• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier

  Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7

Most recent

• M 4.7 — 2018-03-08
  11 km E of Rhar el Melah, Tunisia
• M 3.2 — 2008-06-23
  30 km NE of El Haouaria, Tunisia
• M 2.9 — 2007-11-02
  22 km WSW of El Haouaria, Tunisia
• M 4.5 — 2007-05-13
  7 km SSW of El Battan, Tunisia
• M 3.5 — 2005-05-30
  71 km NNW of El Haouaria, Tunisia
• M 3.3 — 2005-02-23
  9 km NNW of Al Matl?n, Tunisia