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Medenine  is the major town in southeastern Tunisia, south of the Oasis town of Gabes and the Island of Jerba, on the main route to Libya. It is the capital city of Medenine Governorate.
In pre-colonial times Medenine was already the most important trading centre in the south, attracting merchants from all over North Africa and even from Bornu, to the south of the Sahara. The Ksar housed the central granaries of the various nomadic Berber tribes of the region.
The area was the scene of an unsuccessful German counter-attack by General Erwin Rommel as part of Operation Capri during March 1943 against British Eighth Army forces. The Battle of Medenine was Rommel's last engagement in Africa before he was replaced by General Hans von Arnim as commander of the Africa Corps.

Geographic and demographic data

*Area: 9,167 km²
*Population: 438,700 
*Demographic growth rate: 1.14%
*Urbanization rate: 77.3 %
*Working population: 110,562 
*School enrolment rate: 

• 6 to 12 years: 97.70%
• 13 to 19 years: 75.7%

*Government Administration divisions

• Delegations: 9
• Municipalities: 7
• Rural Councils: 7
• Imadats: 94

*Climate

• Average temperature

• Winter: 8.8 to 19.4° C
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