The village of Korba

During the Punic era, Korba was already prosperous, developed its agriculture and architecture were highly advanced as evidenced by the ruins discovered in the region dating back to the Carthaginian era. Korba was also a direct road link with Carthage, the capital of the empire.

In Roman times, Korba, then known as the 'KURIBIS', was a center of Christianity in Africa and 257, the father CIPRION founded a monastery. One mosaic discovered in the vicinity of the city and representing CERES, is now in the Bardo Museum. Since the dawn of the Muslim era, the region enjoyed a strong presence of Muslims who build on the beach of the Marabout 'Sidi Maawia'.

Location

Korba is one hour from the airport of Tunis Carthage. It is a seaside town 6 km of coastline on the Mediterranean and, under its former name Kuribis, she became the first Roman town having a municipal council.

The natural beauty and exceptional quality of the beach have prompted the club to establish the Mediterranean Club Med Korba. For 20 years the club has operated at full capacity (1200 beds) and had a worldwide reputation.

The lagoon Korba

It is distinguished by the importance of the halophilic vegetation (Arthrocnemum) but also a mosaic of diverse plant on the outskirts of this vast expanse of lush vegetation.

We meet on the banks of Juncus and Phragmites and dunes Oyats and Retem.

Several species of amphibians - Buffo viridis, Sahara Frog - and reptiles - Acanthodactylus blancii Chamaleo, especially Chalcides which is the dominant species and the more frequent this site, although it is considered rare in northern Tunisia. This population subservient to the Korba lagoon is probably the largest in Tunisia.

Mammals

This is essentially the mongoose and the weasel.

Avifauna: The lagoon includes large numbers of water birds with at least 5 species

Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola);

Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus);

Little Stint (Calidris minuta).

It hosts significant populations of nesting species like the Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris), the Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) and Sterne hancel (Gelochelidon nilotica).