Sidi Bouzid Governorate

governorate in Tunisia

Sidi Bouzid Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية سيدي بوزيد Wilāyat Sīdī Bū-Zaid) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the central part of the country. It covers an area of 7405 km².[1] As of the 2014 census, 429,912 people lived there.[2][3] The capital is Sidi Bouzid.

Sidi Bouzid
سيدي بوزيد
Map of Tunisia with Sidi Bouzid highlighted
Map of Tunisia with Sidi Bouzid highlighted
Coordinates: 35°02′N 9°30′E / 35.033°N 9.500°E / 35.033; 9.500
CountryTunisia
CreatedJanuary 1, 1973[1]
CapitalSidi Bouzid
Area
 • Total7,405 km2 (2,859 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 7th of 24
Population
 (2014)
 • Total429,912
 • RankRanked 13th of 24
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix
91
ISO 3166 codeTN-43

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 (in French) "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  2. "2014 Tunisian census data". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  3. (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine