Governorates of Tunisia
 |
|---|
|
 Member State of the Arab League |
 Africa portal  Politics portal |
Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates (wilayat, sing. wilayah). This term in Arabic can also be translated as province or federated state (though the latter does not apply, as Tunisia is a unitary state).
| Key | Governorate | Population (2014)[1] |
Area (km2)[2] |
Density | Sub-Region | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ariana | 576,088 | 482 | 1,195.20 | North-East | East |
| 2 | Béja | 303,032 | 3,740 | 81.02 | North-West | West |
| 3 | Sousse | 674,971 | 2,669 | 252.89 | Centre-East | East |
| 4 | Bizerte | 568,219 | 3,750 | 151.53 | North-East | East |
| 5 | Gabès | 374,300 | 7,166 | 52.23 | South-East | East |
| 16 | Nabeul | 787,920 | 2,788 | 282.61 | North-East | East |
| 7 | Jendouba | 401,477 | 3,102 | 129.43 | North-West | West |
| 8 | Kairouan | 570,559 | 6,712 | 85.01 | Centre-West | West |
| 9 | Zaghouan | 176,945 | 2,820 | 63.93 | North-East | East |
| 10 | Kebili | 156,961 | 22,454 | 6.99 | South-West | West |
| 11 | Kef | 243,156 | 4,965 | 48.97 | North-West | West |
| 12 | Mahdia | 410,812 | 2,966 | 138.51 | Centre-East | East |
| 13 | Manouba | 379,518 | 1,137 | 333.79 | North-East | East |
| 14 | Medenine | 479,520 | 9,167 | 52.31 | South-East | East |
| 15 | Monastir | 548,828 | 1,019 | 538.59 | Centre-East | East |
| 6 | Gafsa | 337,331 | 7,807 | 43.21 | South-West | West |
| 17 | Sfax | 955,421 | 7,545 | 126.63 | Centre-East | East |
| 18 | Sidi Bouzid | 429,912 | 7,405 | 58.06 | Centre-West | West |
| 19 | Siliana | 223,087 | 4,642 | 48.06 | North-West | West |
| 20 | Ben Arous | 631,842 | 761 | 830.28 | North-East | East |
| 21 | Tataouine | 149,453 | 38,889 | 3.84 | South-East | East |
| 22 | Tozeur | 107,912 | 5,593 | 22.87 | South-West | West |
| 23 | Tunis | 1,056,247 | 288 | 3,052.74 | North-East | East |
| 24 | Kasserine | 439,243 | 8,260 | 53.18 | Centre-West | West |
The governorates are divided into 264 "delegations" or "districts" (mutamadiyat), and further subdivided into municipalities (baladiyat),[3] and sectors (imadats).[4]
Tunisia has 6 regions in the entire country.[5] Near the capital, Tunis, it is mostly semi-arid. However, in the southern regions, it is very arid due to the Saharan Desert.
See also
References
- ^ "2014 Tunisian census data". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
- ^ "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2014-12-17.
- ^ Tunisia Governorates
- ^ Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2013-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, in French
- ^ "Fig. 1. Tunisia map according to region". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
Governorates and regions of Tunisia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Governorates |  | |
| Regions | ||