Governorates of Tunisia
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Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates (wilayat, sing. wilayah):
Key | Governorate | Population (2014)[1] |
Area (km2)[2] |
Density |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ariana | 576,088 | 482 | 1,195.20 |
2 | Béja | 303,032 | 3,740 | 81.02 |
3 | Ben Arous | 631,842 | 761 | 830.28 |
4 | Bizerte | 568,219 | 3,750 | 151.53 |
5 | Gabès | 374,300 | 7,166 | 52.23 |
6 | Gafsa | 337,331 | 7,807 | 43.21 |
7 | Jendouba | 401,477 | 3,102 | 129.43 |
8 | Kairouan | 570,559 | 6,712 | 85.01 |
9 | Kasserine | 439,243 | 8,260 | 53.18 |
10 | Kebili | 156,961 | 22,454 | 6.99 |
11 | Kef | 243,156 | 4,965 | 48.97 |
12 | Mahdia | 410,812 | 2,966 | 138.51 |
13 | Manouba | 379,518 | 1,137 | 333.79 |
14 | Medenine | 479,520 | 9,167 | 52.31 |
15 | Monastir | 548,828 | 1,019 | 538.59 |
16 | Nabeul | 787,920 | 2,788 | 282.61 |
17 | Sfax | 955,421 | 7,545 | 126.63 |
18 | Sidi Bouzid | 429,912 | 7,405 | 58.06 |
19 | Siliana | 223,087 | 4,642 | 48.06 |
20 | Sousse | 674,971 | 2,669 | 252.89 |
21 | Tataouine | 149,453 | 38,889 | 3.84 |
22 | Tozeur | 107,912 | 5,593 | 22.87 |
23 | Tunis | 1,056,247 | 288 | 3,052.74 |
24 | Zaghouan | 176,945 | 2,820 | 63.93 |
The governorates are divided into 264 "delegations" or "districts" (mutamadiyat), and further subdivided into municipalities (baladiyat),[3] and sectors (imadats).[4]