Mohamed-Bouazizi Square
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Mohamed Bouazizi Square | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Avenue de la Sibelle, Parc Montsouris district 14, Paris | ||||
| Coordinates | 48°49′29″N 2°20′17″E / 48.8247839°N 2.338012°E | ||||
| System | Lane | ||||
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| Opened | 2001 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 8 February 2011 | ||||
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Mohamed Bouazizi Square (French: Place Mohamed-Bouazizi) is a lane located in the Parc Montsouris district of the 14th arrondissement of Paris.[1]
The Mohamed-Bouazizi Square is served nearby by the RATP Bus Network 21 62.
Origin of the name

It bears the name of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation in Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia, in December 2010, was one of the triggers of the 2011 Tunisian Revolution and, which extended to the 2011 Arab Spring.[2]

