Meknassy ( ar, المكناسي '), sometimes spelt ''Maknassy'', is a town and commune in the
Sidi Bou Zid Governorate
Sidi Bouzid Governorate ( aeb, ولاية سيدي بوزيد), sometimes spelt ''Sidi Bou Zid'', is one of the 24 governorates (provinces) of Tunisia. It is in central Tunisia and landlocked. It covers an area of 7405 km2 and has a populatio ...
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. In 2004 it had a population of 13,742.
[Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)]
It is in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid, 120 kilometers west 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 Mediterranean ...
, and is a small administrative center (capital of delegation) and a marketing center for agricultural produce from the surrounding area, including fruit.
Its population is explained by the settling of Berber tribes (Confederation of Hammama) that nomadic steppe in the region.
The city is internationally known for breeding purebred Arabian horses and an annual festival of Arab thoroughbreds.
See also
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List of cities in Tunisia
This is the list of 350 cities and towns in Tunisia. In the list by governorate, capitals are shown in bold.
List of most-populated cities
List of municipalities by governorate
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*List of cities by country
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References
{{Communes of Tunisia
Populated places in Tunisia
Communes of Tunisia
Tunisia geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia