Tunis Governorate
Tunis تونس | |
|---|---|
 Map of Tunisia with Tunis highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 36°48′0″N 10°10′12″E / 36.80000°N 10.17000°E | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Created | June 1956[1] |
| Capital | Tunis |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Mondher Friji (DCR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 346 km2 (134 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 24th of 24 |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 1,056,247 |
| • Rank | Ranked 1st of 24 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (7,900/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Tunisois (Tunisian Arabic: تونسي, Tounsi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal prefix | 10xx |
| Calling code | 71 |
| ISO 3166 code | TN-11 |
Tunis Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية تونس Wilāyat Tūnis) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the northeastern part of the country. It covers an area of 346 km².[1] As of the 2014 census, 1,056,247 people lived there.[2][3] The capital is Tunis, which is also the national capital. It is the smallest governorate of the country by area and is also the most populated governorate of the country.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (in French) "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
- ↑ "2014 Tunisian census data". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
- ↑ (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
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