Mahdia Governorate
governorate in Tunisia
Mahdia Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية المهدية Wilāyat Mahdīya) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the central-eastern part of the country. It covers an area of 2,966 km².[1] As of the 2014 census, 410,812 people lived there.[2][3] The capital is Mahdia.
Mahdia
ولاية المهدية | |
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 Map of Tunisia with Mahdia highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 35°30′N 11°04′E / 35.500°N 11.067°E | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Created | June 5, 1974[1] |
| Capital | Mahdia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,966 km2 (1,145 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 16th of 24 |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 410,812 |
| • Rank | Ranked 14th of 24 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal prefix | xx |
| ISO 3166 code | TN-53 |
References change
- ↑ 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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