Agareb
34°26′N 10°19′E / 34.433°N 10.317°E / 34.433; 10.317Country 
TunisiaGovernorate Sfax Governorate Population • Total 11,513 Time zone UTC1 (CET)
Tunisia (2014)
Agareb (Tunisian Arabic: عقارب) is a coastal town and commune in eastern Tunisia in the Sfax Governorate. It lies 20 km from Sfax. As of 2004, it had a population of 9,610.[1]
It was founded by an Islamic saint of the fourteenth century, named Brahim ben Yaakoub Sid Agareb صيد (أسد) عقارب.
Agareb has a large industrial area which includes one of largest tile plants in Tunisia. Pastoral and olive production are important.
A civil society campaign called Manish Msab ("I am not a landfill") drew national attention to Agareb as "home of the country's most toxic landfill."[2]
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34°26′N 10°11′E / 34.433°N 10.183°E / 34.433; 10.183
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