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Borj le Bœuf

🇹🇳 Tunisia

Borj le Bœuf in Tunisia
Photo: Profburp · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Borj le Bœuf, or Bordj Lebœuf (Arabic: برج القصيرة), sometimes spelled Borj le Bœuf, is a place situated in the desert of southern Tunisia, more precisely in the Grand Erg Oriental, forty kilometres south-west of Remada.

Its isolation and extreme natural conditions made it a camp for Tunisian political prisoners, opened during the French protectorate.

Machine-translated from “Bordj le Bœuf” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Borj le Bœuf ranks #7,902 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #24 of the 30 mapped in Tunisia. See how Tunisia compares in the castle statistics.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Borj le Bœuf?

Borj le Bœuf stands in Tunisia, at 32.2044°, 10.0301°.

How famous is Borj le Bœuf?

In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,902 of 8,134 worldwide, and #24 in Tunisia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.

What is the nearest castle to Borj le Bœuf?

Ksar Ouled Soltane, about 79 km away.

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