Medenine Governorate
governorate in Tunisia
Medenine Governorate (Arabic: ولاية مدنين Wilāyat Madanīn) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the southeastern part of the country. It covers an area of 9,167 km².[1] As of the 2014 census, 479,520 people lived there.[2][3] The capital is Medenine.
Medenine
مدنين | |
|---|---|
 Map of Tunisia with Medenine highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 33°21′17″N 10°30′19″E / 33.35472°N 10.50528°E | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Created | June 21, 1956[1] |
| Capital | Medenine |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Habib Chouat (2017) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,167 km2 (3,539 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 3rd of 24 |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 479,520 |
| • Rank | Ranked 10th of 24 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal prefix | xx |
| ISO 3166 code | TN-82 |
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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