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Subdivisions of Tunisia

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Governorates of Tunisia

Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates.

The governorates are divided into 264 "delegations" or "districts" (mutamadiyat), and further subdivided into municipalities (shaykhats)[1] and sectors (imadats).[2]

Districts

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As decided in Decree 589 of 21 September 2023, 5 administrative districts have been instituted:[3][4]

  • District 1: Bizerte, Beja, Jendouba and Kef Governorates.
  • District 2: Tunis, Ariana, Ben Arous, Zaghouan, Manouba and Nabeul Governorates.
  • District 3: Siliana, Sousse, Kasserine, Kairouan, Monastir and Mahdia Governorates.
  • District 4: Tozeur, Sidi Bouzid, Sfax and Gafsa Governorates.
  • District 5: gouvernorats de Tataouine, Gabès, Kébili and Médenine Governorates.

Governorates

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Key Governorate Population of Governorate
(2014)[5]
Area of Governorate
(km2)[6]
Density of Governorate
1 Ariana[7]
  1. Ariana Medina
  2. Ettadhamen
  3. Kalaat El Andalous
  4. Mnihla
  5. Raoued
  6. Sidi Thabet
  7. Soukra
576,088 482 1,195.20
2 Béja[8]
  1. Amdoun
  2. Beja North
  3. Beja South
  4. Goubellat
  5. Mejez El Bab
  6. Nefza
  7. Teboursouk
  8. Testour
  9. Thibar
303,032 3,740 81.02
3 Ben Arous[9]
  1. Ben Arous
  2. Boumhel
  3. El Mourouj
  4. Ezzahra
  5. Fouchana
  6. Hammam Chott
  7. Hammam-Lif
  8. M'Hamdia
  9. Medina Jedida
  10. Mégrine
  11. Mornag
  12. Rades
631,842 761 830.28
4 Bizerte[10]
  1. Bizerte North
  2. Bizerte South
  3. Djoumime
  4. El Alia
  5. Ghar El Melh
  6. Ghezala
  7. Mateur
  8. Menzel Bourguiba
  9. Menzel Jemil
  10. Ras Jebel
  11. Sejenane
  12. Tinja
  13. Utique
  14. Zarzouna
568,219 3,750 151.53
5 Gabès[11]
  1. Gabes Medina
  2. Gabes West
  3. Gabes South
  4. Ghannouch
  5. Hamma
  6. Mareth
  7. Matmata
  8. New Matmata
  9. Menzel Habib
  10. Metouia
374,300 7,166 52.23
6 Gafsa[12]
  1. Belkhir
  2. Gafsa North
  3. Gafsa South
  4. Guetar
  5. Ksar
  6. Mdhilla
  7. Metlaoui
  8. Oum Larais
  9. Redeyef
  10. Sened
  11. Sidi Aich
337,331 7,807 43.21
7 Jendouba[13]
  1. Aïn Draham
  2. Balta
  3. Bousalem
  4. Fernana
  5. Ghardimaou
  6. Jendouba
  7. Jendouba Nord
  8. Oued Mliz
  9. Tabarka
401,477 3,102 129.43
8 Kairouan[14]
  1. Alaa
  2. Bouhajla
  3. Chebika
  4. Chrarda
  5. Haffouz
  6. Hajeb El Ayoun
  7. Kairouan North
  8. Kairouan South
  9. Nasrallah
  10. Oueslatia
  11. Sbikha
570,559 6,712 85.01
9 Kasserine[15]
  1. Ayoun
  2. Ezzouhour
  3. Feriana
  4. Foussana
  5. Hassi El Ferid
  6. Hidra
  7. Jedeliane
  8. Kasserine North
  9. Kasserine South
  10. Majel Belabbes
  11. Sbeitla
  12. Sbiba
  13. Thala
439,243 8,260 53.18
10 Kebili[16]
  1. Douz North
  2. Douz South
  3. Faouar
  4. Kebili North
  5. Kebili South
  6. Souk El Ahed
156,961 22,454 6.99
11 Kef[17]
  1. Dahmani
  2. Es Sers
  3. Jerissa
  4. Kalaa Khasbat
  5. Kalaat Senane
  6. Kef East
  7. Kef West
  8. Ksour
  9. Nebeur
  10. Sakiet Sidi Youssef
  11. Tajerouine
243,156 4,965 48.97
12 Mahdia[18]
  1. Boumerdes
  2. Chebba
  3. Chorbane
  4. El Djem
  5. Hbira
  6. Ksour Essef
  7. Mahdia
  8. Melloulech
  9. Ouled Chamekh
  10. Sidi Alouane
  11. Souassi
410,812 2,966 138.51
13 Manouba[19]
  1. Borj El Amri
  2. Douar Hicher
  3. El Battan
  4. Jedaida
  5. Manouba
  6. Mornaguia
  7. Oued Ellil
  8. Tebourba
379,518 1,137 333.79
14 Medenine [20]
  1. Ben Guerdane
  2. Beni Khedache
  3. Djerba Ajim
  4. Djerba Midoun
  5. Djerba Houmt Souk
  6. Medenine North
  7. Medenine South
  8. Sidi Makhlouf
  9. Zarzis
479,520 9,167 52.31
15 Monastir[21]
  1. Bekalta
  2. Bembla
  3. Beni Hassen
  4. Jammel
  5. Ksar Hellal
  6. Ksibet El Mediouni
  7. Moknine
  8. Monastir
  9. Ouerdanine
  10. Sahline
  11. Sayada-Lamta-Bou Hjar
  12. Teboulba
  13. Zeramdine
548,828 1,019 538.59
16 Nabeul[22]
  1. Beni Khalled
  2. Beni Khiar
  3. Bou Argoub
  4. Dar Chaabane El Fehri
  5. El Mida
  6. Grombalia
  7. Hammam Ghezaz
  8. Hammamet
  9. Haouaria
  10. Kelibia
  11. Korba
  12. Menzel Bouzelfa
  13. Menzel Temime
  14. Nabeul
  15. Soliman
  16. Takelsa
787,920 2,788 282.61
17 Sfax[23]
  1. Agareb
  2. Bir Ali Ben Khelifa
  3. El Amra
  4. El Ghraiba
  5. Hencha
  6. Jebeniana
  7. Kerkennah
  8. Mahres
  9. Menzel Chaker
  10. Sakiet Eddaier
  11. Sakiet Ezzit
  12. Sfax Medina
  13. Sfax West
  14. Sfax South
  15. Skhira
  16. Thyna
955,421 7,545 126.63
18 Sidi Bouzid[24]
  1. Bir El Hfay
  2. Jelma
  3. Mazzouna
  4. Meknassi
  5. Menzel Bouzaiene
  6. Ouled Haffouz
  7. Regueb
  8. Sabalat Ouled Asker
  9. Sidi Ali Ben Aoun
  10. Sidi Bouzid East
  11. Sidi Bouzid West
  12. Souk Jedid
429,912 7,405 58.06
19 Siliana[25]
  1. Bargou
  2. Bouarada
  3. El Aroussa
  4. El Krib
  5. Gaafour
  6. Kesra
  7. Makthar
  8. Rouhia
  9. Sidi Bourouis
  10. Siliana North
  11. Siliana South
223,087 4,642 48.06
20 Sousse[26]
  1. Akouda
  2. Bouficha
  3. Enfidha
  4. Hammam Sousse
  5. Hergla
  6. Kalaa Kebira
  7. Kalaa Sghira
  8. Kondar
  9. M'Saken
  10. Sidi Bou Ali
  11. Sidi El Heni
  12. Sousse Jaouhara
  13. Sousse Medina
  14. Sousse Riadh
  15. Sousse Sidi Abdelhamid
  16. Zaouia Ksiba Thrayat
674,971 2,669 252.89
21 Tataouine[27]
  1. Bir Lahmar
  2. Dhiba
  3. Ghomrassen
  4. Remada
  5. Samar
  6. Tataouine North
  7. Tataouine South
149,453 38,889 3.84
22 Tozeur[28]
  1. Degueche
  2. Hazoua
  3. Nefta
  4. Tamaghza
  5. Tozeur
107,912 5,593 22.87
23 Tunis[29]
  1. Bab Bhar
  2. Bab Souika
  3. Bardo
  4. Bouhaira
  5. Carthage
  6. El Khadra
  7. El Menzah
  8. El Ouardia
  9. El Tahrir
  10. Ezzouhour
  11. Hrairia
  12. Jebel Jelloud
  13. Kabaria
  14. La Goulette
  15. La Marsa
  16. Le Kram
  17. Medina
  18. Omrane
  19. Omrane Superieur
  20. Sidi El Bechir
  21. Sidi Hassine
  22. Sijoumi
1,056,247 288 3,052.74
24 Zaghouan[30]
  1. Bir Mchergua
  2. Fahs
  3. Nadhour
  4. Saouaf
  5. Zaghouan
  6. Zriba
176,945 2,820 63.93

References

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  1. ^ Tunisia Governorates
  2. ^ Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  3. ^ "Tunisia-Tunisia is now made up of five districts". Tunisia News (in French). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Nouveau découpage territorial". RadioMosaiqueFM (in French). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  5. ^ "2014 Tunisian census data". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  6. ^ "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  7. ^ "Gouvernorat de l'Ariana" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, in French
  8. ^ "Gouvernorat de Béja" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, in French
  9. ^ "Gouvernorat de Ben Arous" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  10. ^ "Gouvernorat de Bizerte" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, in French
  11. ^ "Gouvernorat de Gabès" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  12. ^ "Gouvernorat de Gafsa" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  13. ^ "Gouvernorat de Jendouba" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  14. ^ "Gouvernorat de Kairouan" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  15. ^ "Gouvernorat de Kasserine" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  16. ^ "Gouvernorat de Kébili" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French, note the division of Douz is not shown on the map
  17. ^ "Gouvernorat du Kef" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  18. ^ "Gouvernorat de Mahdia" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  19. ^ "Gouvernorat de Manouba" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  20. ^ "Gouvernorat de Médenine" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  21. ^ "Gouvernorat de Monastir" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  22. ^ "Gouvernorat de Nabeul" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French
  23. ^ "Gouvernorat de Sfax" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, in French
  24. ^ "Gouvernorat de Sidi Bouzid" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, in French
  25. ^ "Gouvernorat de Siliana" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, in French
  26. ^ "Gouvernorat de Sousse" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, in French
  27. ^ "Gouvernorat de Tataouine" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, in French
  28. ^ "Gouvernorat de Tozeur" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, in French
  29. ^ "Gouvernorat de Tunis" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, in French
  30. ^ "Gouvernorat de Zaghouan" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne, in French