Aryanah
Ariana (Arabic: أريانة 
Ariana) is a coastal city in north-eastern Tunisia, part the agglomeration of Tunis, also called "Grand Tunis". It is located at the north of Tunis city center, around 36°51′45″N 10°11′44″E. It is the capital of Ariana Governorate and the country's eighth largest city.
Ariana
أريانة | |
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 Street in the center of Ariana | |
  Ariana Location in Tunisia | |
| Coordinates: 36°51′45″N 10°11′44″E | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Ariana |
| Government | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 209 sq mi (542 km2) |
| Population (2014[1]) | |
| • Total | 114,486 |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
The city's name seems to date back to the period of the Vandal Kingdom in pre-Islamic North Africa: the Vandals, in fact, were of Arian faith. It could also be a reference to Persian settlers from the Islamic invasion of the Maghreb as Persians refer to themselves as "Aryan".
The city's origins date back to the Zirid dynasty. Under the Hafsid sultan Muhammad I al-Mustansir, Ariana became the residence of the Sephardi Jews and Muslim Andalusians, who sought refuge in Ifriqiya in the thirteenth century.
Climate
In Ariana, the climate is warm and temperate. In winter there is much more rainfall than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Csa. The average annual temperature in Ariana is 18.0 °C (64.4 °F). About 449 mm (17.68 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Ariana | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
28.8 (83.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63 (2.5) |
57 (2.2) |
44 (1.7) |
36 (1.4) |
23 (0.9) |
11 (0.4) |
3 (0.1) |
8 (0.3) |
31 (1.2) |
57 (2.2) |
53 (2.1) |
63 (2.5) |
449 (17.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data | |||||||||||||
Gallery
The Essalam Mosque in Ennasr
References
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