Tunis Governorate

Tunis Governorate

ولاية تونس
Tunis Governorate ولاية تونس
Governorate
	Map of Tunisia with Tunis highlighted
	Coordinates: 36°48′0″N 10°10′12″E / 36.80000°N 10.17000°E
Country	Tunisia
Created	21 June 1956
Capital	Tunis
Government
• Governor	Vacant
Area
• Total	346 km2 (134 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 24th of 24
Population (2014)
• Total	1 056 247
• Rank	Ranked 1st of 24
Demonym(s)	Tunisois; (Tunisian Arabic: تونسي, Tounsi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix	10xx
Calling code	71
ISO 3166 code	TN-11

Tunis Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية تونس Wilāyat Tūnis pronounced [ˈtuːnɪs]; French: Gouvernorat de Tunis) is the smallest and most populated of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia. It covers an urban and suburban area on the Gulf of Tunis on the north-east coast covering 346 square kilometres (134 sq mi) and has a population of 1,056,247 (2014 census) with some agriculture and amenity land including parts of national parks.^[2] Its capital is that of the country, Tunis.

^ (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

[1] (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

[2] (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

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