The delegations of Tunisia (''mutamadiyah'', plural ''mutamadiyat'') are the second level administrative divisions of
Tunisia
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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.
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 popula ...
Raoued
Raoued ( aeb, رواد ') is a town and commune in the Ariana Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2014 it had a total population of 94,691.
Sidi Thabet
Sidi Thabet is a town and commune (municipality) in the Ariana Governorate, Tunisia.
As of 2004, it had a total population of 8,909.Soukra
La Soukra ( ar, سكرة) is a city and commune in the Ariana Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a total population of 129,693.
It is located in the center of a vast agricultural plain occupied by orange orchards of which only a few traces ...
Amdoun
Amdoun (Arabic: عمدون), also called Zahret Medien is a town and commune in the Béja Governorate, Tunisia
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Goubellat
Goubellat is a town and commune in the Béja Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2014 it had a total population of 15 762.=Recensement de 2014 (Institut national de la statistique)
See also
*List of cities in Tunisia
This is the list of 350 cities ...
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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''.
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Nefza
Nefza is a town and commune in the Béja Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2014 it had a total population of 14,451
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 ...
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Ben Arous
Delegations of
Ben Arous
Ben Arous ( aeb, بن عروس ') is a city in north-eastern Tunisia, part the agglomeration of Tunis, also called "Grand Tunis". It is located south of Tunis city center and is the capital of the Ben Arous Governorate.
Information about Ben Ar ...
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Ben Arous
Ben Arous ( aeb, بن عروس ') is a city in north-eastern Tunisia, part the agglomeration of Tunis, also called "Grand Tunis". It is located south of Tunis city center and is the capital of the Ben Arous Governorate.
Information about Ben Ar ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 headquarters ...
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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
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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 ...
Mornag
Mornag is a small town and commune in Tunisia. As of 2014 it had a population of 61,518. It lies along the A1 (Tunisia)
Tunisia's A1 or A-1 motorway is a 247 km road connecting Tunis and Sfax. In the map shown, the A-1 is in red. The highway w ...
Bizerte
Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the cap ...
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Bizerte
Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the cap ...
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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 ...
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Ghar El Melh
Ghar el-Melh ( ar, غارالملح, ''Ghar al-Milh'', "Salt Grotto"), the classical Rusucmona and CastraDelia and colonial is a town and former port on the southern side of Cape Farina in Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia.
History Phoenician colon ...
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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 go ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Sejenane
Sejnane ( aeb, سجنان ') is a town and commune in the Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 4737.Tinja
* Utica
*Zarzouna
Ghannouch
Ghannouch ( ar, غنوش ') is a town and commune in the Gabès Governorate on the Gulf of Gabès, occasionally named after this town instead, in Tunisia
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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 ...
Mdhila
Mdhila ( ar, المضيلة ') is a town in the Gafsa Governorate, Tunisia
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Redeyef
Redeyef ( ar, الرّدَيِّف ') is a town and commune in the Gafsa Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 26,143.Sened
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Sidi Aich
''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( ar, سيدي, Sayyīdī, Sīdī (dialectal) " milord") is an Arabic masculine title of respect. ''Sidi'' is used often to mean "saint" or "my master" in Maghrebi Arabic and Egyptian Arabic. Wi ...
Ain Draham
Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...
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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
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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 ...
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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.
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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 b ...
Bouhajla
Bou Hajla is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. it had a population of 6,002.Chebika
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Echrarda
Echrarda is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia
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Haffouz
Haffouz is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia
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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 pos ...
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-Nasrallah. ...
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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 ...
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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. It ...
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Ayoun
Ayoun al Atrous (also known as Aioun el Atrouss) ( ar, عيون العتروس) is a town in southern Mauritania. It is located at around . It is the capital of Hodh El Gharbi region. The city is served by the Aioun el Atrouss Airport, north-we ...
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Ezzouhour
Ezzouhour (Arabic:الزهور) is a town and commune in the Sousse Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2014 it had a population of 17,348. Ezzouhour was originally a spontaneous locality that formed as migrants from the countryside of other areas of Sous ...
Foussana
Foussana ( ar, فوسانة) is a town and commune in the Kasserine Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a total population of 41249; in 5622 the urban area and 35627 in the rural. Foussana is located in the west of Kasserine Governorate, on the ...
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Hassi El Ferid
Hassi El Ferid ( ar, حاسي الفريد) is a town and commune in the Kasserine Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 4 711.
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. It ...
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 ...
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Sbiba
Sbiba ( ar, سبيبة) is a city surrounded by chains of mountains in the province of Kasserine.
Sbiba is in the Midwest of Tunisia on the latitude of 35° and 36°, about 70 km far from Kasserine, bounded on the north with Jedelienne, Sbe ...
Kebili
Kebili ( ') is a town in the south of Tunisia and one of the main cities in the Nefzaoua region. It is located south of Tunisia. It is the capital of the Kebili Governorate.
History
Kebili is one of the oldest oases in Tunisia and North Afric ...
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*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 language ...
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*Dahmani
*Es Sers
*Jerissa
*Kalaa Khasbat
*Kalaat Senane
*Kef East
*Kef West
*Ksour
*Nebeur
*Sakiet Sidi Youssef
*Tajerouine
Mahdia
Delegations of Mahdia:
*Boumerdes
*Chebba
*Chorbane
* El Djem
*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.
Manou ...
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
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. ...
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*Beni Khalled
*Beni Khiar
*Bou Argoub
*Dar Chaabane El Fehri
*El Mida
*Grombalia
*Hammam Ghezaz
* Hammamet
*Haouaria
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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 considere ...
Delegations of Sfax:
*Agareb
*Bir Ali Ben Khelifa
*El Amra
*El Ghraiba
*Hencha
*Jebeniana
* Kerkennah
*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:
*Bargou
*Bouarada
*El Aroussa
*El Krib
*Gaafour
*Kesra
*Makthar
*Rouhia
*Sidi Bourouis
*Siliana North
*Siliana South
Sousse
Delegations of
Sousse
Sousse or Soussa ( ar, سوسة, ; Berber:''Susa'') is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf ...
Bir Lahmar
Bir Lahmar is a town and commune in the Tataouine Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 8,418.Décret du 25 juin 2011 portant nomination de délégations spéciales dans certaines communes du territoire tunisien, Journal officiel ...
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Dhiba
Dehiba ( ar, الذهيبة ') is a town and commune in the east of Tataouine Governorate, Tunisia. It lies some four kilometers west of the border of Libya, itself about the same distance east from the Libyan town of Wazzin.
During the 2011 L ...
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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 ...
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Remada
Remada ( ar, رمادة) is a town in Tunisia, close to the border with Libya. It is located at around . Remada was built as a garrison town by the French and is today home to a Tunisian military base
A military base is a facility directly ...
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Samar
Samar ( ) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas, which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided in ...
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 ...
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Degueche
Degache ( ar, دقاش), also spelled Degueche, is a Tunisian town and commune situated in the region of Djerid, and part of Tozeur Governorate. It had a population of 14,332 in 2014, and is the biggest town of a delegation bearing its name.
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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 ...
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 ...
Bab Bhar
Bab Diwan (Arabic: باب الديوان) or Bab Bhar (Door of the sea) (Arabic: باب بحر) is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax. It is located in the southern facade of the old city between Bab Kasbah on the western corner and Bab Borj ...
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Bab Souika
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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 ...
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 ...
El Menzah
El Menzah ( ar, المنزه), is the name given to a group of suburbs located at the north of the agglomeration of Tunis, capital of Tunisia.
Description
Created for middle class and upper classes, it is a subdivision of residencies, villas an ...
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El Omrane
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American ...
*El Ouardia
*El Tahrir
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Ezzouhour
Ezzouhour (Arabic:الزهور) is a town and commune in the Sousse Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2014 it had a population of 17,348. Ezzouhour was originally a spontaneous locality that formed as migrants from the countryside of other areas of Sous ...
*Hrairia
*Jebel Jelloud
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Kabaria
The Kabaria, sometimes pronounced as Kabariya are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, mainly in the Awadh region. A small number of Kabaria are also found in the Terai region of Nepal. They now have Other Backwa ...
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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 ...
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 58 ...
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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
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Sidi Hassine
Sidi Hassine is a town and commune in the Tunis Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2023, it had a population of 173,331.
It formed a district of the municipality of Tunis before obtaining the status of municipality on 11 February 2023.
See also
*List o ...
*Sijoumi
Zaghouan
Delegations of
Zaghouan
Zaghouan (or Zaghwan; ar, زغوان '' ; ber, ⵣⴻⵖⵡⴰⵏ / Zeɣwan)'' is a town in the northern half of Tunisia.
Situated on a low ridge of the Dorsale Mountains, the town has a mild climate and presents a green aspect. Cold water ...
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*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 ...
Governorates of Tunisia
Tunisia is divided into 24 governorate, governorates (''wilayat'', sing. ''wilayah''). This term in Arabic can also be translated as province or federated state (though the latter does not apply, as Tunisia is a unitary state).
The governorate ...