Facts in brief:
Occupied by Sicilian Normans in the 12th cen. until they were forced out by Almohads in 1159; taken by the Ottoman Empire in the late 16th
cen.; part of the French colonial empire from 1881 to 1956; industries include handicrafts & fishing.
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