Official Name: | Mornaguia |
Native Name: | (Arabic: المرناقية) |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Pushpin Map: | Tunisia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Tunisia |
Subdivision Name1: | Manouba Governorate |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 23100 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 36.7667°N 11°W |
Postal Code: | 1110 |
Mornaguia (Arabic: المرناقية) is a town and commune in the Manouba Governorate, Tunisia, located 14 kilometres from Tunis. As of 2004 it had a population of 13,382.[1]
Attached administratively to the Manouba Governorate, it is a municipality with 19 834 inhabitants in 2014 2 . The capital of a delegation, it is an important agricultural center for the fertile Mornag plain. Touched by the urban sprawl of the Tunis urban agglomeration, it is one of the cities with strong growth, especially since it is located on the Tunis-Medjez el-Bab (A3) motorway .
It consists of several districts: Tebaltech, Bouhnach, Sidi Ali El Hattab, Ksar Hadid, El Fejja, Hmaiem, Menzel Habib, Bouregba and Tahouna.
It is also known for housing a civilian prison.