Manouba Governorate ( ar, ولاية منوبة ' ) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of

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and is in inland, northern Tunisia. It has a population of 379,518 (as at the 2014 census),Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics)
and an area of 1,137 km2. The capital is

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 ...

Geography

The governorate is from the capital, in an area of foothills of and verdant plains below the

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uplands and borders Bizerte, Zaghouan, Beja,

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and

Ben Arous Governorate Ben Arous Governorate ( ' ) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the north-east of Tunisia and adjoins smaller Tunis Governorate. It covers an area of 761 km² and had a population of 712,172 as at the 2019 census.

s. 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

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is 18.7 °C and annual

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is 450 millimeters.

Administrative divisions

Administratively, the governorate is divided into eight delegations ('' mutamadiyat''), nine

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, eight rural councils and 47 ''imadas''. Nine municipalities are in Manouba Governorate:

References

Governorates of Tunisia {{Tunisia-geo-stub