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Sousse
Sousse
or
Soussa
( ,
Berber
:
Susa
) is a city in
Tunisia
, capital of the
Sousse Governorate
. Located south of the capital
Tunis
, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the
Gulf of Hammamet
, which is a part of the
Mediterranean Sea
. The name may be of
Berber
origin: similar names are found in
Libya
and in the south of
Morocco
(
Bilad al-Sus
). Its economy is based on transport equipment, processed food,
olive oil
,
textiles
and
tourism
. It is home to the
Université de Sousse
.
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