Centre · Tunisia
Sidi Bouzid
Olive country — birthplace of the 2011 revolution and vast irrigated farms.
Sidi Bouzid is at the centre of Tunisia geographically and at the centre of its modern history: it's where Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation in December 2010 sparked the Tunisian Revolution.
The governorate is largely agricultural — one of Tunisia's biggest olive oil producers — and its plains are intensively irrigated with deep aquifer water.
Few foreign visitors stop here, but those who do find a sincere small-town Tunisia, with weekly markets and an unfiltered sense of place.