The delegations of Tunisia (''mutamadiyah'', plural ''mutamadiyat'') are the second level administrative divisions of

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between the

governorates A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...

and the sectors (''imadats''). there were 24 governorates which were divided into 264 delegations and further divided into 2073 sectors. The delegations are listed below, organized by governorate.

Ariana

Delegations of

Ariana Ariana was a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of the ancient period for a district of wide extent between Central Asia and the Indus River, comprising the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid Empire that covered the ...

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Ettadhamen Ettadhamen is a municipality part of the Aryanah governorate attached to the agglomeration of Tunis. It resulted from the split in 2016 of the municipality of Ettadhamen-Mnihla with the creation of a separate municipality in Mnihla. This popul ...

* Kalaat El Andalous * Mnihla * Raoued * Sidi Thabet * Soukra

Beja

Delegations of Beja: * Amdoun * Beja * Goubellat *

Majaz al Bab Majaz al Bab ( ar, مجاز الباب), also known as Medjez el Bab, or as Membressa under the Roman Empire, is a town in northern Tunisia. It is located at the intersection of roads GP5 and GP6, in the ''Plaine de la Medjerda''. Commonwealth wa ...

* Nefza * Teboursouk *

Testour Testour ( ar, تستور ') is a small town located in the north of Tunisia. The town is perched on the hills of Medjerda Valley, south-west of Medjez-el-Bab, the crossroads between Tunis, Béja, and the north of Tunisia. It was known during th ...

*Thibar

Ben Arous

Delegations of Ben Arous: * Ben Arous *

Bou Mhel el-Bassatine Bou Mhel el-Bassatine is a town and commune in the Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a total population of 27,977.El Mourouj El Mourouj ( ar, المروج, al-Murūj) is a town and commune in the southern suburbs of Tunis in the Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. It became a commune in 1991. It has 118 316 inhabitants as of 2020, making it the most populous commune in the ...

Ezzahra Ezzahra (الزهراء) is a coastal town on the outskirts of Tunis located south of the capital. Ezzahra is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the municipalities of Rades, Hammam Lif and Boumhel EL-Bassatine. Administratively attached to the ...

Fouchana Fouchana is a town in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. Governed by the joint municipality of Mohamedia-Fouchana, it is also the seat of an governoral delegation. Fouchana (فوشانة) is located at 36°42′09.31″N, 10°09′25.9″E about ...

Hammam Chott Hammam Chott is a town and commune in the Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. It is located 20 kilometers from the capital, Tunis, in the southern suburbs. It is a seaside resort town. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) had its headquarter ...

Hammam Lif Hammam-Lif ( ar, حمام الأنف, pronounced hammam linf) is a coastal town about 20 km south-east of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been known since antiquity for its thermal springs originating in Mount Bou Kornine. History ...

Mohamedia Mohammedia is a city in Morocco. Mohammedia, Mohammadia, or a variant thereof, may also refer to: __NOTOC__ Places Algeria * Mohammedia, Algiers, a suburb of capital Algiers * Mohammadia, Mascara, a town in Mascara Province, site of Ancient Cas ...

*Medina Jedida * Megrine *

Mornag Mornag is a small town and commune in Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital ...

* Rades

Bizerte

Delegations of Bizerte: * Bizerte *Djoumime *

El Alia El Alia is a town and commune in the Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia. It was the ancient Uzalis in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, which became a Christian bishopric that is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. It is ...

* Ghar El Melh *

Ghezala Ghezala is a town of north-western Tunisia located at 50 kilometres west of Bizerte and 70 kilometres northwest of Tunis. Attached to the Bizerte Governorate Bizerte Governorate ( ar, ولاية بنزرت ' ) is the northernmost of the 24 ...

Mateur Mateur ( aeb, ماطر ') is a town in northern Tunisia. It is located at around , close to the Lac Ichkeul National Park. Overview Located in the southwest of the governorate of Bizerte, Mateur is the county seat of a delegation of 61,919 ...

Menzel Bourguiba Menzel Bourguiba ( ar, منزل بورقيبة, Manzil Būrgībah, lit=House of Bourguiba), formerly known as Ferryville, is a town located in the extreme north of Tunisia, about from Tunis, in the Bizerte Governorate. Toponymy The town's na ...

Menzel Jemil Menzel Jemil (Tunisian Arabic: منزل جميل ) is a coastal town and municipality in north-eastern Tunisia, 60 km north of the capital, Tunis. Administratively it is located in the Menzel Jemil Delegation of the Bizerte Governorate Bize ...

Ras Jebel Ras Jebel, also known as Ras el-Djebel, is a town, commune, and archaeological site on Cap Sidi in the Bizerte Governorate of Tunisia. The name of the city refers to the summit or end of the mountain, thus evoking the end of the Atlas Mountains ...

* Sejenane * Tinja * Utica *Zarzouna

Gabès

Delegations of

Gabès Gabès (, ; ar, قابس, ), also spelled Cabès, Cabes, Kabes, Gabbs and Gaps, is the capital city of the Gabès Governorate in Tunisia. It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Gabès. With a population of 152,921, Gabès is the 6th largest ...

: * Gabes * Ghannouch *

Hamma Hamma is a village and a former municipality in the Nordhausen district, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2010, it has been part of the town Heringen Heringen (Werra) is a small town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germ ...

Mareth Mareth ( ar, مارث ') is a town and commune in Tunisia, located between Gabès and Medenine Medenine ( ar, مدنين ) is the major town in south-eastern Tunisia, south of the port of Gabès and the Island of Djerba, on the main route to Liby ...

* Matmata *Menzel Habib * Metouia

Gafsa

Delegations of

Gafsa Gafsa ( aeb, ڨفصة '; ar, قفصة qafṣah), originally called Capsa in Latin, is the capital of Gafsa Governorate of Tunisia. It lends its Latin name to the Mesolithic Capsian culture. With a population of 111,170, Gafsa is the ninth-la ...

: *Belkhir *

* Guetar *

Ksar Ksar or qsar (Maghrebi Arabic: wiktionary:قصر, قصر ''qṣer'' or ڭصر ''gser'', plural ''qṣur''; Berber language, Berber: ⵉⴴⵔⵎ ''aghrem'' or ''ighrem'', plural: ''igherman''), plural ksars, qsars, ksour or qsour, is the Nor ...

* Mdhila * Metlaoui * Oum Larais * Redeyef * Sened * Sidi Aich

Jendouba

Delegations of

Jendouba Jendouba ( ar, جندوبة ; Formerly known as Souk El Arba until 30 April 1966) is a city in northwestern Tunisia, and capital of the Jendouba Governorate. It is an important crossroads with many road links to other towns such as El Kef, Taba ...

: * Ain Draham *

Balta Balta may refer to: People * Balta (footballer) (born 1962), Spanish footballer and manager * Balta (surname) Places * Balta (crater), on Mars * Balta, Mehedinți, Romania *Bâlta, a village in Filiași, Dolj County, Romania *Bâlta, a village ...

Bou Salem Bou Salem (بوسالم) is a town and commune in the Jendouba Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 20,098.Fernana Fernana is a town and commune in the Jendouba Governorate about 170 km from Tunis, Tunisia. In 2006 the municipal center of the commune had a population of 3206. It is now estimated to more than 5000 inhabitants. The whole commune has about 50,000 ...

Ghardimaou Ghardimaou ( aeb, غار الدماء) is a town in the north-west of Tunisia about 192 km from Tunis. It belongs to the Jendouba Governorate. The town has about 19,574 inhabitants (64,170 in 2014). The rail line from Tunis passing along the ...

Oued Melliz Oued Melliz is a town and commune in the Jendouba Governorate in Tunisia. In 2004, it had a population of 2188.

Tabarka Tabarka ( ar, طبرقة ') is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, close to the border with Algeria. Tabarka's history is a mosaic of Berber, Punic, Hellenistic, Roman, Arabic, Genoese and Turkish culture. The town is dominated by ...

Kairouan

Delegations of

Kairouan Kairouan (, ), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan ( ar, ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, al-Qayrawān , aeb, script=Latn, Qeirwān ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by t ...

: * Alaâ * Bouhajla * Chebika *

Echrarda Echrarda is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 1,387.

Haffouz Haffouz is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 8,225.

Hajeb El Ayoun Hajeb El Ayoun ( ar, حاجب العيون) is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,648. It is also the capital of a district of 35,403 inhabitants. The Mayor is Hassen Zaïdi, and the po ...

Nasrallah Nasrullah ( ar, نصرالله , lit=victory of God) is a masculine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language and is used by Muslims and Christians alike. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah, and Al-Nasrall ...

Oueslatia Oueslatia is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 8,444. It is also the capital of a delegation with 36,195 inhabitants in the 2006 census. It is at the center of a plain between the mountain ...

Sbikha Sbikha is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 6,776.

Kasserine

Delegations of

Kasserine Kasserine ( ar, القصرين, al-Qasrīn, Tunisian Arabic: ڨصرين ') is the capital city of the Kasserine Governorate, in west-central Tunisia. It is situated below Jebel ech Chambi ( جبل الشعانبي), Tunisia's highest mountain. ...

: * Ayoun * Ezzouhour * Feriana * Foussana * Hassi El Ferid * Hidra * Jedeliane *

* Magel Bel Abbes *

Sbeitla Sbeitla or Sufetula ( ber, Sbitla or Seftula, ar, سبيطلة ') is a small town in west-central Tunisia. Nearby are the Byzantine ruins of Sufetula, containing the best preserved Byzantine forum temples in Tunisia. It was the entry point of the ...

* Sbiba * Thala

Kebili

Delegations of Kebili: *Douz North *Douz South * Faouar *Kebili North *Kebili South * Souk El Ahed

Kef

Delegations of

Kef Kef may refer to: Places * El Kef (also transliterated as ''Al-Kāf'' or ''Le Kef''), a city in northwestern Tunisia *Kef Governorate, Tunisia Others *''Aram Bajakian's Kef'', a 2011 album by guitarist Aram Bajakian * ISO 639:kef or Ewe languag ...

: *Dahmani *Es Sers *Jerissa *Kalaa Khasbat *Kalaat Senane *Kef East *Kef West *Ksour *Nebeur *Sakiet Sidi Youssef *Tajerouine

Mahdia

Delegations of

Mahdia Mahdia ( ar, المهدية ') is a Tunisian coastal city with 62,189 inhabitants, south of Monastir and southeast of Sousse. Mahdia is a provincial centre north of Sfax. It is important for the associated fish-processing industry, as well as w ...

: *Boumerdes *Chebba *Chorbane *

El Djem El Djem or El Jem (Tunisian Arabic:, ') is a town in Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia. Its population was 21,576 during the 2014 census. It is home to Roman Empire, Roman remains including the "Amphitheater of El Jem". History The Roman city of Thys ...

*Hbira *Ksour Essef *Mahdia *Melloulech *Ouled Chamekh *Sidi Alouane *Souassi

Manouba

Delegations of

Manouba Manouba ( ar, منوبة ') is a city in north-eastern Tunisia, and is part the metropolitan area of Tunis, also called "Grand Tunis". It is located at the west of Tunis city center at around . It is the capital city of Manouba Governorate. Mano ...

: *Borj El Amri *Douar Hicher *El Battan *Jedaida *Manouba *Mornaguia *Oued Ellil *Tebourba

Medenine

Delegations of

Medenine Medenine ( ar, مدنين ) is the major town in south-eastern Tunisia, south of the port of Gabès and the Island of Djerba, on the main route to Libya. It is the capital of Medenine Governorate. Overview In pre-colonial times, Medenine wa ...

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Ben Gardane Ben Gardane or Bengardane ( aeb, بنڤردان or , '; french: Benguerdene) is a coastal town in south eastern Tunisia, close to the border with Libya. It is located at around . History During the Second World War Ben Gardane Airfield was used ...

*Beni Khedache *Djerba Ajim *Djerba Midoun * Djerba Houmt Souk *Medenine North *Medenine South *Sidi Makhlouf *

Zarzis Zarzis also known as Jarjis ( ar, جرجيس, link=no ') is a coastal commune (municipality) in southeastern Tunisia, former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see under its ancient name Gergis. To the Phoenicians, Romans and Arabs the port was ...

Monastir

Delegations of Monastir: *Bekalta *Bembla *Beni Hassen *Jammel *Ksar Hellal *Ksibet El Mediouni *Moknine *Monastir *Ouerdanine *Sahline *Sayada-Lamta-Bou Hjar *Teboulba *Zeramdine

Nabeul

Delegations of

Nabeul Nabeul (; ar, نابل ,Tamazight: ⵏⴰⴱⴻⵍ), is a coastal town located in northeastern Tunisia, on the south coast of the Cape Bon peninsula and surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on both sides. It is the first seaside resort in Tunisia ...

: *Beni Khalled *Beni Khiar *Bou Argoub *Dar Chaabane El Fehri *El Mida *Grombalia *Hammam Ghezaz * Hammamet *Haouaria *

Kelibia Kelibia (Kélibia) ( ar, قليبية, link=no '), often referred to as Klibia or Gallipia by European writers, is a coastal town on the Cap Bon peninsula, Nabeul Governorate in the far north-eastern part of Tunisia. Its sand beaches are consider ...

*Korba *Menzel Bouzelfa *Menzel Temime *Nabeul *Soliman *Takelsa

Sfax

Delegations of

Sfax Sfax (; ar, صفاقس, Ṣafāqis ) is a city in Tunisia, located southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD849 on the ruins of Berber Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate (about 955,421 inhabitants in 2014), and a Mediterrane ...

: *Agareb *Bir Ali Ben Khelifa *El Amra *El Ghraiba *Hencha *Jebeniana *

Kerkennah Kerkennah Islands ( aeb, قرقنة '; Ancient Greek: ''Κέρκιννα Cercinna''; Spanish:''Querquenes'') are a group of islands lying off the east coast of Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabès, at . The Islands are low-lying, being no more than ab ...

*Mahres *Menzel Chaker *Sakiet Eddaier *Sakiet Ezzit *Sfax Medina *Sfax West *Sfax South *Skhira *Thyna

Sidi Bou Zid

Delegations of Sidi Bou Zid: *Bir El Hfay *Jelma *Mazzouna *Meknassi *Menzel Bouzaiene *Ouled Haffouz *Regueb *Sabalat Ouled Asker *Sidi Ali Ben Aoun *Sidi Bouzid East *Sidi Bouzid West *Souk Jedid

Siliana

Delegations of

Siliana Siliana ( aeb, سليانة ') is a modern farming town in northern Tunisia. It is located at around , 130 km south-west of the capital Tunis. It is the capital of the Siliana Governorate. It is located 4 miles away from Jama where the Battl ...

: *Bargou *Bouarada *El Aroussa *El Krib *Gaafour *Kesra *Makthar *Rouhia *Sidi Bourouis *Siliana North *Siliana South

Sousse

Delegations of Sousse: *Akouda *Bouficha *Enfidha *Hammam Sousse *Hergla *Kalaa Kebira *Kalaa Sghira *Kondar *M'Saken *Sidi Bou Ali *Sidi El Heni *Sousse Jaouhara *Sousse Medina *Sousse Riadh *Sousse Sidi Abdelhamid *Zaouiet Ksibet Thrayet

Tataouine

Delegations of

Tataouine Tataouine ( ber, Tiṭṭawin; ar, تطاوين) is a city in southern Tunisia. It is the capital of the Tataouine Governorate. The below-ground "cave dwellings" of the native Berber population, designed for coolness and protection, render the ...

: * Bir Lahmar * Dhiba *

Ghomrassen Ghomrassen ( ar, غمراسن) is a city of southeast Tunisia located from Tataouine and from Medenine. Administratively attached to the Tataouine, it is a municipality with 9,568 inhabitants at the 2014 Census. It is also the county seat of ...

* Remada *

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Tozeur

Delegations of

Tozeur Tozeur ( ar, توزر, ; ber, ⵜⵓⵣⴻⵔ, Tuzər) is a city in southwest Tunisia. The city is located northwest of Chott el Djerid, in between this Chott and the smaller Chott el Gharsa. It is the capital of Tozeur Governorate. It was the ...

: * Degueche *Hazoua *

Nefta Nefta (or Nafta; ) is a Tunisian municipality and an oasis in Tozeur Governorate north of the Chott el Djerid. Religious significance Nefta is considered by most Sufis to be the spiritual home of Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam; many re ...

* Tamaghza *

Tunis

Delegations of

Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...

: * Bab Bhar *

Bab Souika , demolition_date=1861, coordinates= Bab Souika ( ar, باب سويقة) is one of the gates of the medina of Tunis. It was demolished in 1861. Its situation was between Bab El Khadra and Bab Saadoun Bab Saadoun ( ar, باب سعدون) is on ...

Bardo In some schools of Buddhism, ''bardo'' ( xct, བར་དོ་ Wylie: ''bar do'') or ''antarābhava'' (Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese: 中有, romanized in Chinese as ''zhōng yǒu'' and in Japanese as ''chū'u'') is an intermediate, transitio ...

* Bouhaira *

Carthage Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classi ...

* Bab El Khadra * El Menzah * El Omrane *El Ouardia *El Tahrir * Ezzouhour *Hrairia *Jebel Jelloud * Kabaria *

La Goulette La Goulette (, it, La Goletta), in Arabic Halq al-Wadi ( '), is a municipality and the port of Tunis, Tunisia. La Goulette is located at around on a sandbar between Lake Tūnis and the Gulf of Tunis. The port, located 12km east of Tunis, is th ...

La Marsa La Marsa ( aeb, المرسى ') is a coastal town in far north eastern Tunisia near the capital Tunis. The population is estimated as 92,987, as of 2014. The old summer capital of pre-colonial Tunisia, it is today a popular vacation spot for many ...

Le Kram Le Kram is a town and commune in the Tunis Governorate of Tunisia. Situated between La Goulette, the port of Tunis, and Carthage, it opens onto the Gulf of Tunis to the east and the Lake of Tunis to the west. As of 2004 it had a population of 5 ...

Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

*Sidi El Bechir * Sidi Hassine *Sijoumi

Zaghouan

Delegations of Zaghouan: *Bir Mchergua *Fahs *Nadhour *Saouaf *Zaghouan *Zriba The delegations are further subdivided into

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

(''shaykhats'').Tunisia Governorates
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Ariana

Beja

Ben Arous

Bizerte

Gabès

Gafsa

Jendouba

Kairouan

Kasserine

Kebili

Kef

Mahdia

Manouba

Medenine

Monastir

Nabeul

Sfax

Sidi Bou Zid

Siliana

Sousse

Tataouine

Tozeur

Tunis

Zaghouan

References

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