Ghomrassen

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Ghomrassen غمراسن
Nickname:  Ghomrassen
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Ghomrassen (

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Administratively attached to the Tataouine, it is a municipality with 9,568 inhabitants at the 2014 Census. It is also the county seat of delegation of the same name which had 18,335 inhabitants at the 2004 Census and 15,957 at the 2014 Census (National Institute of Statistics) and brings together, in addition to the city of Ghomrassen, the villages of Ksar Hadada, Oued El Khil, Elferch, Elhorria, and Ksar Elmorabitin Guermassa.

Geography

The city, located about 480 km (300 mi) south of the capital

and the oasis disappeared with the urban development of the city.

The average temperature is 22 °C (72 °F). Annual rainfall varies between 88 and 157 mm (3.5 and 6.2 in).

Administratively, the city is divided into several sectors or Imad, whose authority is embodied by the omda, which can cover both urban and rural areas.

The city is divided into several districts: chare3 el joumhouriya, where the Market, a mosque sometimes considered the most luxurious historic city, Essned, the neighborhood where the primary school of March 2, and a mosque.

Ghomrassen is an

speaking city, with many Amazigh words in the dialect. The accent is the southern Tunisian accent.

Etymology

Its name comes from the

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