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Bou-Hedma National Park is located in both the Gafsa Governorate and Sidi Bouzid Governorate, in Tunisia. The park was created on December 18, 1980, and has been on the UNESCO tentative list of World Heritage Sites since May 28, 2008[2]

Bou-Hedma National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Tunisia
Nearest city	Gafsa, Sidi Bouzid
Coordinates	34°28′31″N 9°38′57″E
Established	1980
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Sebkhet Noual
Designated	11 July 2007
Reference no.	1711[1]

The national park is mainly important because of its flora and fauna. Endangered species that have been reintroduced here include scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) and dama gazelle (Gazella dama mhorr).

Bou-Hedma is an important archaeological site. Starting with the ancient Roman settlements that occupied this place, such as the remains of Roman villages, the Roman bridge of Wadi Bautista, the ancient Roman pools and the rest of the Roman aqueduct.[3]

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