Manouba Governorate

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.

Manouba ولاية منوبة La Manouba
Governorate
Map of Tunisia with Manouba highlighted
Coordinates: 36°48′28″N 10°6′4″E
Country	Tunisia
Created	July 31, 2000
Capital	Manouba
Area
• Total	1,137 km^2 (439 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 20th of 24
Population  (2014)
• Total	379,518
• Rank	Ranked 15th of 24
• Density	330/km^2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix	xx
ISO 3166 code	TN-14

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 Amri	16,184	17,408
Djedeida	40,327	44,748
Douar Hicher	75,959	84,090
El Battan	17,321	18,977
Manouba	51,398	58,792
Mornaguia	35,129	42,687
Oued Ellil	58,544	69,317
Tebourba	41,050	43,499

Nine municipalities are in Manouba Governorate:

Code	Municipality	Population (2014)[5]
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. "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
5. Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2014 – Population, logements et ménages par commune et arrondissement [Census 2014 results – population, accommodation and households per municipality and delegation] (Report) (in French). National Institute of Statistics. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.