Kef Governorate
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Kef
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| ISO 3166 code | TN-33 |
Kef Governorate (
Tunisian Arabic: ولاية الكاف Wilāyat el-Kāf pronounced [lke̞ːf]; French: Gouvernorat du Kef) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It comprises chiefly part of the dorsal Atlas Mountains and their foothills in north-western Tunisia, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 4,965 km2 and has a population of 243,156 (2014 census).[1] The capital is El Kef
.
Administrative divisions
Twelve
municipalities
are in Kef Governorate:
| Code | Municipality | Population (2014)[2] |
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| 2311 | El Kef | 54,690 |
| 2312 | Nebeur | 3,299 |
| 2313 | Touiref | 2,178 |
| 2314 | Sakiet Sidi Youssef | 6,335 |
| 2315 | Tajerouine | 17,530 |
| 2316 | Menzel Salem | 1,824 |
| 2317 | Kalaat es Senam | 8,145 |
| 2318 | Kalâat Khasba | 2,558 |
| 2319 | Jérissa | 9,807 |
| 2320 | El Ksour | 5,852 |
| 2321 | Dahmani | 12,964 |
| 2322 | Sers | 12,108 |
Demographics
Due to its close proximity to the
Algerian War of Independence against the French
in the 1950s.
References
- ^ (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.
- ^ Arfaoui, Jamel (April 6, 2009). "Les Algériens de Tunisie se préparent à voter" (in French). Maghrebia. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
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