Gabès

[gah-bes]

noun

1. Gulf of, a gulf of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia.

Gabès

/ ˈɡɑːbɛs, ɡabɛs /

noun

1. a port in E Tunisia. Pop: 116 000 (2005 est)

2. an inlet of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia

Example Sentences

Hundreds of people in southern Tunisia's Gabes on Friday protested to demand dismantling a local phosphate processing plant after reports of respiratory distress among residents.

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Demonstrators called for the "dismantling of the chemical group", chanting "We want to live" and "Gabes is a victim of pollution and injustice".

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Residents of Gabes, a city of around 400,000 people, have been campaigning for decades against the pollution from the plant, finally winning a promise from the government in 2017 to begin its gradual closure.

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But with Tunisia now mired in public debt, the current government has backtracked on that promise and is planning a fivefold increase in fertiliser output at Gabes in a bid to boost hard currency earnings.

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President Kais Saied has vowed to revitalise the sector and reverse long years of underinvestment in the Gabes plant.

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