Manouba Governorate
ولاية منوبة
Governorate
Map of Tunisia with Manouba highlighted
Map of Tunisia with Manouba highlighted
Coordinates: 36°48′28″N 10°6′4″E / 36.80778°N 10.10111°E / 36.80778; 10.10111
Country Tunisia
Created31 July 2000
CapitalManouba
Government
 • GovernorMohamed Cheikhrouhou (since 2020)
Area
 • Total1,137 km2 (439 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 20th of 24
Population
 (2014)
 • Total379,518
 • RankRanked 15th of 24
 • Density330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix
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ISO 3166 codeTN-14

Manouba Governorate (Arabic: ولاية منوبة Wilāyat Mannūbah pronounced [ˌmænˈnuːbæ]; French: Gouvernorat de la Manouba) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia and is in inland, northern Tunisia. It has a population of 379,518 (as at the 2014 census),[1][2] and an area of 1,137 km2. The capital is Manouba.

Geography

The governorate is 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) from the capital, in an area of foothills of and verdant plains below the Tell Atlas uplands and borders Bizerte, Zaghouan, Beja, Tunis, Ariana and Ben Arous Governorates. The east and west of the province have high foothills; from both ranges the three lakes of Tunis and the Bay of Tunis can be seen. The east part of the west range is named the Forest of Tebourba, one of its four largest settlements.

The average temperature is 18.7 °C and annual rainfall is 450 millimeters.

Administrative divisions

Administratively, the governorate is divided into eight delegations (mutamadiyat), nine municipalities, eight rural councils and 47 imadas.

Delegation[3] Population in 2004[4] Population in 2014[1]
Borj El Amri 16,184 17,408
Djedeida 40,327 44,748
Douar Hicher 75,959 84,090
El Battan 17,321 18,977
Manouba 51,398 58,792
Mornaguia 35,129 42,687
Oued Ellil 58,544 69,317
Tebourba 41,050 43,499

Nine municipalities are in Manouba Governorate:

Code Municipality Population
(2014)[5]
1411 Manouba 41,670
1412 Den Den 17,122
1413 Douar Hicher 82,532
1414 Oued Ellil 57,851
1415 Mornaguia 19,834
1416 Borj El Amri 6,519
1417 Djedeida 28,660
1418 Tebourba 27,545
1419 El Battan 6,453


References

  1. ^ a b "2014 Tunisian census data". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  2. ^ (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in French) "Gouvernorat de Manouba" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ (in French) 2004 Census: Manouba Governorate[permanent dead link] from Institut national de la statistique of Tunisia
  5. ^ 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.


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