Tataouine Governorate

Tataouine

ولاية تطاوين
Tataouine ولاية تطاوين
Governorate
	Moonlit landscape of Tataouine
	Map of Tunisia with Tataouine highlighted
	Subdivisions of Tataouine Governorate
	Coordinates: 32°55′32″N 10°26′39″E / 32.92556°N 10.44417°E
Country	Tunisia
Created	2 March 1981
Capital	Tataouine
Government
• Governor	Hafedh Fitouri (since 2022)
Area
• Total	38,889 km2 (15,015 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 1st of 24
Population (2014)
• Total	149,453
• Rank	Ranked 23rd of 24
• Density	3.8/km2 (10.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix	xx
ISO 3166 code	TN-83

Tataouine Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية تطاوين Wilāyat Taṭāwīn; French: Gouvernorat de Tataouine) is the southernmost of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia, the only one to border both Algeria and Libya. It is also the largest, covering an area of 38,889 km². It had a population of 149,453 (at the 2014 census),^[1]^[2] nearly tied for second least-populated with Kebili (156,961) after Tozeur (107,912). The capital is Tataouine.

^ "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

[census-1] "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

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