Mahdia Governorate
Mahdia Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية المهدية <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Wilāyat Mahdīya) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the central-eastern part of the country. It covers an area of 2,966 km².[1] As of the 2014 census, 410,812 people lived there.[2][3] The capital is Mahdia.
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ولاية المهدية | |
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 Map of Tunisia with Mahdia highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 35°30′N 11°04′E / 35.500°N 11.067°ECoordinates: 35°30′N 11°04′E / 35.500°N 11.067°E | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Created | June 5, 1974[1] |
| Capital | Mahdia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,966 km2 (1,145 sq mi) |
| • Rank | Ranked 16th of 24 |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 410,812 |
| • Rank | Ranked 14th of 24 |
| • Density | 138.507/km2 (358.73/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal prefix | xx |
| ISO 3166 code | TN-53 |
Mahdia Governorate Media
Swordfish on a roundabout in Mahdia. The tourist industry is reflected in the area by luxury accommodation, restaurants and impressive works of art.
Ship's anchor of the Mahdia shipwreck, many of the artefacts of which are in the Bardo National Museum in Tunis.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (in French) "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
- ↑ "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
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