Tozeur Governorate
Tozeur Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية توزر <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 Tauzar) is the westernmost of the 24 governorates of Tunisia and is on the border with Algeria. It covers an area of 4,719 km².[1] As of the 2014 census, 107,912 people lived there[2][3] that makes it the smallest governorate of the country by population. The capital is Tozeur.
توزر | |
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Coordinates: 33°55′N 8°08′E / 33.917°N 8.133°ECoordinates: 33°55′N 8°08′E / 33.917°N 8.133°E | |
Country | Tunisia |
Created | June 21, 1956[1] |
Capital | Tozeur |
Area | |
• Total | 4,719 km2 (1,822 sq mi) |
• Rank | Ranked 11th of 24 |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 107,912 |
• Rank | Ranked 24th of 24 |
• Density | 22.8676/km2 (59.227/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
Postal prefix | xx |
ISO 3166 code | TN-72 |
Tozeur Governorate Media
The Chott el Djerid occupies a large amount of the area with a larger part in Kebili and a small fraction in coastal Gabes province both to the east
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