Kettana is one of the villages of Gabès in the South of Tunisia.Kattānah, Qābis http://tun.geonamebase.com/node/6127 It is located 18 km south of Gabès, on the main road connecting Gabès and Medenine. Kettana is famous for cultivating pomegranates.
History Al-Tijani described Kettana in the 14th century:رحلة التجاني، ص 86-89، أبو محمد عبد الله بن محمد بن أحمد التجاني، الدار العربية للكتاب: ليبيا-تونس 1981
"We arrived this day at the outskirts of Kettana, a small village surrounded by trees, with a beautiful appearance, as if it were a single garden full of greenery and freshness. Most of the trees there are olive trees [..] The people of Kettana have a large palace where they take refuge, and there is a fresh, bubbling spring there, from which a large pool of water has formed, adjacent to the western wall of the palace. From this spring, channels and pathways extend through the forest, irrigating it with water."
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