Bordj Toumi or Borj Toumi is a town in Tunisia located at 36°45'33"N 9°43'3"E Borj Toumi at wikimapia.Bordj Toumi at geoview.Borj Toumi at geographic.org. It is a railway town on the Medjerda river.ordj Toumi, at getamap.net. The town is near Dor el Gabsi west of Tunis and at n elevation of 52 meters above sea level.
History During the Roman Empire,Cincara, Roman North Africa Bordj Toumi was the site of a civitas of Africa Proconsularis called Cincara. That town was in the bread basket of Roman North Africa and also the seat of an ancient Bishopric.J. Ferron, v. Cincari, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Parigi 1953, coll. p833-834. The ruins of that town can still be seen today.
The town was captured by Arab armies around the 680s, during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb.
During world War 2, the town was caught up in Operation Torch.
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