<P> In 2016, an ancient Carthaginian individual, who was excavated from a Punic tomb in Byrsa Hill, was found to belong to the rare U5b2c1 maternal haplogroup . The Young Man of Byrsa specimen dates from the late 6th century BCE, and his lineage is believed to represent early gene flow from Iberia to the Maghreb . </P> <P> In 1920, the first seaplane base was built on the Lake of Tunis for the seaplanes of Compagnie Aéronavale . The Tunis Airfield opened in 1938, serving around 5,800 passengers annually on the Paris - Tunis route . During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force as a headquarters and command control base for the Italian Campaign of 1943 . Construction on the Tunis - Carthage Airport, which was fully funded by France, began in 1944, and in 1948 the airport become the main hub for Tunisair . </P> <P> In the 1950s the Lycée Français de Carthage was established to serve French families in Carthage . In 1961 it was given to the Tunisian government as part of the Independence of Tunisia, so the nearby Collège Maurice Cailloux in La Marsa, previously an annex of the Lycée Français de Carthage, was renamed to the Lycée Français de La Marsa and began serving the lycée level . It is currently the Lycée Gustave Flaubert . </P> <P> After Tunisian independence in 1956, the Tunis conurbation gradually extended around the airport, and Carthage (قرطاج Qarṭāj) is now a suburb of Tunis, covering the area between Sidi Bou Said and Le Kram . Its population as of January 2013 was estimated at 21,276, mostly attracting the more wealthy residents . If Carthage is not the capital, it tends to be the political pole, a "place of emblematic power" according to Sophie Bessis, leaving to Tunis the economic and administrative roles . The Carthage Palace (the Tunisian presidential palace) is located in the coast . </P>

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