Gafsa Governorate
governorate in Tunisia
Gafsa Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية ڨفصة Wilāyat Gafṣa) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the central part of the country, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 7807 km².[1] As of the 2014 census, 337,331 people lived there.[3][4] The capital of the city is Gafsa.
Gafsa
ڨفصة | |
|---|---|
 Map of Tunisia with Gafsa highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 34°25′N 8°47′E / 34.417°N 8.783°E | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Created | June 21, 1956[1] |
| Capital | Gafsa |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Malek Necibi (2012)[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,807 km2 (3,014 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 5th of 24 |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 337,331 |
| • Rank | Ranked 17th of 24 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal prefix | xx |
| ISO 3166 code | TN-71 |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (in French) "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19.
- ↑ "الاتصال | Ins". Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ↑ "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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