Kaf, Al-

Also spelled �El-kef, or Le Kef, � town, northwestern Tunisia. The town is situated at an elevation of 2,559 feet (780 m) on the slopes of the Haut (high) Tell, 22 miles (35 km) from the Algerian border. It occupies the site of an ancient Carthaginian town and later Roman colony - Sicca Veneria. Al-Kaf (�The Rock�) was an important stronghold during Turkish rule and is now a regional marketplace and strategic road junction on the