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Grand Tunis or Greater Tunis (
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: ''تونس الكبرى'', French: ''Grand Tunis'') is the largest metropolitan area in
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, centered on the country's capital
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. It consists of four governorates:
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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 ...
and Ben Arous. According to the 2004 population census, the area of Grand Tunis is home to 2,247,800 people.


See also

* North East Tunisia


References

Metropolitan areas Geography of Tunisia {{tunisia-stub