Kef Governorate ( ' ) is one of the twenty-four governorates of

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. It comprises chiefly part of the dorsal

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and their foothills in north-western Tunisia, bordering

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. It covers an area of 4,965 km² and has a population of 243,156 (2014 census). The capital is

El Kef El Kef ( ar, الكاف '), also known as ''Le Kef'', is a city in northwestern Tunisia. It serves as the capital of the Kef Governorate. El Kef is situated to the west of Tunis and some east of the border between Algeria and Tunisia. It ha ...

Administrative divisions

Twelve

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are in Kef Governorate:

Demographics

Due to its close proximity to the

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n border and its historical role in the

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, Kef has a significant Algerian population, hosting over 6,000 registered Algerian voters, the second largest such community in Tunisia after

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. Its capital city,

, was the command centre of the Front de Libération Nationale during the

against the

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in the 1950s.

References

Governorates of Tunisia {{Tunisia-geo-stub