Gabès Governorate
Gabès
ڨابس Gabis | |
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UTC+01 (CET) | |
Postal prefix | 60xx |
Calling code | 75-2/75-3 |
ISO 3166 code | TN-81 |
Gabès Governorate (
Geography
The governorate of Gabès is in southeast Tunisia on the coast of the Gulf of Gabès, 376 km south of the capital, Tunis.
Gabès has a hot Mediterranean climate. Gabès offers five contrasting landscapes: the beach, the mountains, the desert, small forest, oasis. It contains the eastern end of Chott el Fejej.
The coast is approximately half of that of the large bay. The gulf has several alternative names dating to antiquity and to an etymological association with onshore winds and sandbanks making navigation difficult, including Lesser Syrtis (see Gulf of Sidra which takes in also the mainly Libyan portion of the continental gulf).
Administrative divisions
Administratively, the governorate is divided into ten
Delegation | Population in 2004 | Population in 2014 |
---|---|---|
El Hamma | 62,390 | 73,512 |
El Metouia | 25,862 | 27,878 |
Gabes Medina | 47,057 | 46,731 |
Gabes Ouest | 28,389 | 31,768 |
Gabes Sud | 61,699 | 74,422 |
Ghannouch | 22,681 | 28,051 |
Menzel El Habib | 11,477 | 10,148 |
Mareth | 61,340 | 63,122 |
Matmata | 5,766 | 4,444 |
Nouvelle Matmata | 15,969 | 14,224 |
Ten municipalities are in Gabès Governorate:
Code | Municipality | Population (2014)[4] |
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5111 | Gabès | 130,984 |
5112 | Chenini Nahal | 14,803 |
5113 | Ghannouch | 28,051 |
5114 | Métouia | 10,716 |
5115 | Oudhref | 9,932 |
5116 | El Hamma | 41,607 |
5117 | Matmata | 1,847 |
5118 | Nouvelle Matmata | 7,526 |
5119 | Mareth | 11,678 |
5120 | Zarat | 5,627 |
Tourism
References
- ^ a b c (in French) "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19.
- ^ a b "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
- ^ 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.