El Guettar

For the World War II battle, see Battle of El Guettar.

El Guettar
El Guettar Location in Tunisia
Coordinates: 34°20′14″N 8°57′10″E
Country	Tunisia
Governorate	Gafsa
Population (2004)
• Total	13,554
Time zone	CET (UTC1)

El Guettar (Arabic: القطار‎ Al Qaṭār) is a town in central Tunisia in Gafsa Governorate. It is traditionally known for its pistachio nuts. It was the site of a major World War II battle between American forces under George S. Patton, and the German Afrika Korps of Erwin Rommel in early 1943.

In the 1950s, archaeologists found a crown of balls, 4,000 silex, mammal's teeth and bones of animals laid out near a dried up watering is old 40,000 years. Testimony of devotion with regard to a spirit of the waters, source of any life, it constitutes the oldest religious "building" known in the world (Hermaïon of El Guettar)^{[citation needed]}