Maktar (Latin: Mactaris), or Makthar, is a town and Roman site in Siliana Governorate, Tunisia, located at . It is 140 km southwest of Tunis and 60 km southeast of El Kef. The population in 2004 was 12,942. The ancient town was founded by the Numidians as a defense post against the Carthaginians; it (...) (from Wikipedia)