Governorates of Tunisia explained

Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates (wilayat, sing. wilayah). This term in Arabic can also be translated as province.

The governorates are divided into 264 delegations (mutamadiyat), and further subdivided into municipalities (baladiyat),^[1] and sectors (imadats).^[2] Tunisia is divided into 6 regions.^[3] It is mostly temperate near the capital Tunis, but becomes more arid in the southern regions due to the Saharan Desert.

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

See also

• Subdivisions of Tunisia
• Grand Tunis

Notes and References

1. http://www.statoids.com/utn.html Tunisia Governorates
2. http://www.tunisieindustrie.nat.tn/fr/doc.asp?mcat=12&mrub=105&msrub=204&dev=true Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne
3. Web site: Fig. 1. Tunisia map according to region.. ResearchGate. en. 8 March 2019.
4. Web site: 2014 Tunisian census data . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094332/http://tunisia.opendataforafrica.org/TNCD2014/tunisia-census-data-population-2014?region=1000000-tunisia . 18 May 2015 .
5. Web site: tunisieindustrie.nat.tn . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217082131/http://www.tunisieindustrie.nat.tn/fr/doc.asp?mcat=12&mrub=105&msrub=205 . 17 December 2014 .