Béja Governorate ( ' ; ) is one of the twenty-four

governorates A governorate or governate is an administrative division headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or provinces, the term ''governorate'' is typically used to calque divisions o ...

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

. It is in northern Tunisia and has a brief coastline relative to its size. It covers an area of 3,740 km² and had a population of 303,032 as of the 2014 census. The capital is Béja and it spans the moderately high

Tell Atlas The Tell Atlas (, Latn, ar, al-ʾaṭlas al-tlī) is a mountain chain over in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching mainly across northern Algeria, ending in north-eastern Morocco and north-western Tunisia. ...

hills and part of the plain between the Tell Atlas and the Dorsal Atlas further south.

Geography

The governorate is from the capital and surrounded by the governorates of

Bizerte Bizerte (, ) is the capital and largest city of Bizerte Governorate in northern Tunisia. It is the List of northernmost items, northernmost city in Africa, located north of the capital Tunis. It is also known as the last town to remain under Fr ...

, Zaghouan, Manouba, Siliana, and

Jendouba Jendouba ( ; Formerly known as Souk El Arba until 30 April 1966) is a city in northwestern Tunisia, and capital of the Jendouba Governorate. It is an important crossroads with many road links to other towns such as El Kef, Tabarka, Ain Draham ...

. The average

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is 18 °C and annual

rainfall Rain is a form of precipitation where water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. ...

is 350-1000 millimeters.

Administrative divisions

Administratively, the governorate is divided into nine delegations (''

mutamadiyat The delegations of Tunisia (''mutamadiyah'', plural ''mutamadiyat'') are the second level administrative divisions of Tunisia between the governorates and the sectors (''imadats''). there were 24 governorates which were divided into 264 delega ...

''), eight

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

, eight rural councils, and 101 sectors (''imadas''). The delegations and their populations from the 2004 and 2014 censuses, are listed below: The following eight

are located in Béja Governorate:

Governors

A historical list of Governors of Beja Governorate since the

independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ...

in 1956: * Béchir Bellagha (1956-1957) * Ahmed Bellalouna (1957-1959) * Taher Abdelkefi (1959-1961) * Mohsen Nouira (1961-1964) * Mohamed Triki (1964-1966) * Tahar Kacem (1966-31 December 1968) * Abderrazak Kéfi (January–September 1969) * Romdhan Ben Mimoun (1969-1971) * Mohamed Hédi Bellakhoua (1971-1973) * Noureddine Fenniche (1973-1977) * Abderrazak Ladab (1977-1980) * Hédi Harbi (May–December 1980) * Lamine El Kadri (1980-1984) * Chédli Neffati (1984-1987) * Moncef Ben Jedidia (1987-1990) * Hédi Ayeche (1990-1993) * Sadok Marzouk (1993-1998) * Hassen Alaya (1998-1999) * Mohamed Belghith (1999-2000) * Mohsen Senoussi (2000-2001) * Salem Jeribi (2001-2005) * Mohamed Ben Salem (2005-2007) * Kamel Someï (2007-2011) * Hatem Hamzaoui (2 February 2011) * Baheddine Bakari (19 February 2011 – 22 February 2012) * Nasr Temimi (22 February 2012 – 28 February 2014) * Kamel Salmani (28 February 2014-22 August 2015) * Atef Boughattas (22 August 2015-7 September 2015) * Houcine Hamdi (7 September 2015-29 October 2017) * Slim Tissaoui (29 October 2017-27 December 2019) * Mohsen Moez Mili (27 December 2019-30 August 2022) * Ahmed Ben Kharrat (since 8 September 2024)

References

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