Takrouna

Takrouna (Berber: ⵜⴰⴽⵔⵓⵏⴰ ; Arabic: تكرونة) also spelled as Ta Kurunna, is a small village in the Sahel region of Tunisia.

It stands on a hill at approximately 200 metres above sea level, overlooking the Gulf of Hammamet, Hergla and Sousse to the east, Djebel Zaghouan to the north, and the Kairouan plain to the south.

Takrouna was the site of the last major action by New Zealand troops in North Africa during World War II, before the surrender of Italy and Germany.

At dawn on 20 April, Lance-sergeant Haane Te Rauawa Manahi led a platoon on an attack up the hill, and successfully overran the Italian defenses.

Manahi then left to locate reinforcements, returning with a section of C Company and another platoon, successfully resisting an Axis counterattack.