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'''Thyna''', formerly '''Henchir-Tina''', is a town and commune in the [[Sfax Governorate]], [[Tunisia]]. As of 2004 it had a population of 26,635.<ref name="ins">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ins.nat.tn/fr/rgph2.1.commune.php?code_modalite=24434&Code_indicateur=0301007&Submit3=Envoyer Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035413/http://www.ins.nat.tn/fr/rgph2.1.commune.php?code_modalite=24434&Code_indicateur=0301007&Submit3=Envoyer |date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> It is located on the coast about {{convert|12|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Sfax]].
==History==
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Thyna is located in the area of the [[Ancient Carthage|Carthaginian]] city of [[Thenae]]. It is the most important archaeological site in the vicinity of Sfax. Thyna was the southernmost city in the [[Africa (Roman province)|Roman Province of Africa]] and became a colony under the Emperor [[Hadrian]] (117-138). Little remains on the site, but traces can be seen of Roman villas, bath-houses, an [[Early Christianity|early Christian]] basilica, a [[necropolis]], and tannery. The town was considered to be on the frontier between the [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] territory and the [[Berbers|Berber]] kingdom of [[Numidia]]. Many objects, including some of the [[mosaic]]s, have been removed to the museum at Sfax.<ref name=Auzias>{{cite book|author1=Auzias, Dominique|author2=Labourdette, Jean-Paul|title=Tunisie 2011 - 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xx-yrxAlwJIC&pg=PA324 |year=2011 |publisher=Petit Futé |isbn=2-7469-3021-8 |page=324}}</ref> The main point of interest is the "Baths of the Months"; the mosaics here are intact but largely covered with sand. Nearby is a smaller bath house, and parts of the walls of the Roman town can still be traced. A temple has been excavated as well as some dwellings beside a Roman street.<ref name=Jacobs>{{cite book|author1=Jacobs, Daniel|author2=Morris, Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Tunisia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2By-NdV93AC&pg=PR250 |year=2001|publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=978-1-85828-748-5 |pages=250–251}}</ref>
==Geography==
The town is traversed by the RN1 which connects Sfax to [[Gabès]]. The town has an industrial area that was built in 1999, and to the west lies the Sfax-Thyna International Airport. There are salt mines nearby extending over an area of about {{convert|1500|hectare}} and producing 300,000 tonnes of salt a year. On the coast are saltmarshes which are visited by large numbers of migrating water birds.
==See also==
*[[List of cities in Tunisia]]
==References==
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