Manouba Governorate

Manouba
ولاية منوبة
La Manouba
Governorate

Map of Tunisia with Manouba highlighted
Coordinates: 36°48′28″N 10°6′4″E / 36.80778°N 10.10111°E / 36.80778; 10.10111Coordinates: 36°48′28″N 10°6′4″E / 36.80778°N 10.10111°E / 36.80778; 10.10111
Country Tunisia
Created July 31, 2000
Capital Manouba
Area
 • Total 1,137 km2 (439 sq mi)
Area rank Ranked 20th of 24
Population (2014)
 • Total 379,518
 • Rank Ranked 15th of 24
 • Density 330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix xx
ISO 3166 code TN-14

Manouba Governorate (Arabic: ولاية موبنة‎ Wilāyat Mannūbah pronounced [ˌmænˈnuːbæ]) 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 Amri16,18417,408
Djedeida40,32744,748
Douar Hicher75,95984,090
El Battan17,32118,977
Manouba51,39858,792
Mornaguia35,12942,687
Oued Ellil58,54469,317
Tebourba41,05043,499

Nine municipalities are in Manouba Governorate: | 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

By contrast eight delgations are in the area.

References

  1. 1 2 "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 from Institut national de la statistique of Tunisia


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