La Soukra
La Soukra (سكرة) is a city and commune in the Ariana Governorate of Tunisia, forming part of the northern suburbs of Greater Tunis.
La Soukra (سكرة) is a city and commune in the Ariana Governorate of Tunisia, forming part of the northern suburbs of Greater Tunis. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 159,862. The city lies in the center of a vast agricultural plain that was historically dominated by orange orchards, of which only a few remnants remain. Since the 2000s, rapid urban expansion has significantly transformed La Soukra’s landscape and urban character into a modern residential suburb with affluent neighborhoods and recreational facilities.
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Worth seeing in and around La Soukra
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tunis Carthage University
Tunis Carthage University, also known as UTC, is a private university in La Soukra, a residential suburb near Tunis, Tunisia. Founded in 1993, it is one of the oldest private institutions of higher education in Tunisia.
1.4 km · University in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 02ESPRIT Private Higher School of Engineering and Technology
The Private Higher School of Engineering and Technology, or ESPRIT, is a private engineering university in Tunisia based in Ariana and accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Since 2020, it has belonged to the Honoris United Universities group.
5.7 km · University in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 03South Mediterranean University
South Mediterranean University was founded in 2002 and it is located in the Berges du Lac district of Tunis. It is the first English-speaking university in Tunisia.
4.5 km · University in Tunisia · Wikipedia - 04Mediterranean Institute of Technology
Founded in 2014, the Mediterranean Institute of Technology is part of the South Mediterranean University which focuses on engineering and technology. It is and English-speaking university in Tunisia.
4.5 km · institute of technology in Tunisia · Wikipedia
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Getting to La Soukra
- Airports
- Tunis Carthage (TUN), 4 km · Annaba Rabah Bitat (AAE), 217 km · Cagliari Elmas (CAG), 283 km
- Stations
- Tunis–Carthage International Airport, 4.1 km
- Mellita → La Soukra258 km · quickest by road, 9h 54m · $25–34
- Annaba → La Soukra221 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · $24–34
- Cagliari → La Soukra280 km · quickest by air, 6h 42m · €110–170
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for La Soukra
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for La Soukra. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTunis is a major hub for the country's louage (shared taxi) network.
- Get inTunis is the country's major port and there are ferries from a number of Mediterranean ports including Civitavecchia just outside of Rome, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Palermo, Trapani and the French port of Marseille.
- Get inMost ferries arrive at La Goulette, 15 minutes from Tunis centre.
- Get aroundThe TGM suburban train line, starting at Tunis Marine station on Lines 1-4, connects to La Goulette (ferries), Sidi Bou Saïd, Carthage and the beaches of Marsa.
- Get aroundOtherwise, louages (shared taxis) are the most flexible of all options.
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Next door to La Soukra
La Soukra is 10 km from Tunis, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- AryanahTunisian town5.4 km
- GammarthTunisian town5.6 km
- Berges du Lacdistrict of Tunis, Tunisia5.5 km
- Chotranavillage in Tunisia3.2 km
- Borj LouzirTunisian town4 km