Bizerte Governorate
Bizerte Governorate
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Postal prefix | xx |
ISO 3166 code | TN-23 |
Bizerte Governorate (
Ichkeul lake.[1] Its population was 568,219 as at the 2014 census.[2] The capital is Bizerte which stands principally on inlet between Bizerte lake and the Mediterranean. The offshore Galite Islands are part of the governorate, as are the ruins of the ancient city of Utica
.
Geography
The governorate is centered 60 kilometres (37 mi) from the capital and borders the governorates of Ariana, Béja and Manouba.
The average
rainfall is 300-800 millimeters.[1]
Administrative divisions
Administratively, the governorate is divided into fourteen
municipalities, seven rural councils, and 102 sectors (imadas).[1] The delegations and their populations from the 2004 and 2014 censuses,[2]
are listed below:
Delegation | Area km2 |
Population 2004 |
Population 2014 |
---|---|---|---|
Bizerte Nord | 53.52 | 75,234 | 87,307 |
Bizerte Sud | 398.75 | 45,227 | 55,659 |
Djoumine | ... | 35,213 | 29,029 |
El Alia | ... | 24,539 | 27,075 |
Ghar El Melh | ... | 18,525 | 19,477 |
Ghezala | ... | 27,799 | 26,977 |
Mateur | ... | 47,562 | 46,975 |
Menzel Bourguiba | ... | 54,804 | 61,919 |
Menzel Jemil | ... | 39,691 | 47,224 |
Ras Jabel | ... | 51,240 | 58,241 |
Sejenane | ... | 42,156 | 40,166 |
Tinja | ... | 19,444 | 23,455 |
Utique | ... | 18,266 | 19,922 |
Zarzouna | 7.12 | 24,428 | 24,793 |
The following thirteen
municipalities
are located in Bizerte Governorate:
Code | Municipality | Population (2014)[3] |
---|---|---|
1711 | Bizerte | 136,917 |
1712 | Sejnane | 5,645 |
1713 | Mateur | 34,010 |
1714 | Menzel Bourguiba | 54,536 |
1715 | Tinja | 21,139 |
1716 | Ghar al Milh |
5,345 |
1717 | Aousja | 5,126 |
1718 | Menzel Jemil | 22,238 |
1719 | Menzel Abderrahmane | 19,078 |
1720 | El Alia | 18,359 |
1721 | Ras Jebel | 28,610 |
1722 | Metline | 9,904 |
1723 | Raf Raf | 9,850 |
References
- ^ a b c d (in French) "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
- ^ a b "2014 Tunisian census data". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
- ^ Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2014 – Population, logements et ménages par commune et arrondissement [Census 2014 results – population, accommodation and households per municipality and delegation] (Report) (in French). National Institute of Statistics. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.