Gaâfour
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Gaâfour (, ) is a town and commune in the
Siliana Governorate Siliana Governorate ( ' ; ) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia, is landlocked and is in the north of the country. It covers an area of 4,631 km2 and has a population of 223,087 (2014 census). The capital is S ...
, north-western
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 ...
, located 120 kilometers southwest of
Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casabl ...
. It is attached to
Siliana Siliana ( ') is a modern farming town in northern Tunisia. It is located at around , 130 km south-west of the capital Tunis. It is the capital of the Siliana Governorate. It is located 10 kilometers away from Jama where the Battle of Zama oc ...
. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,358 people.Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)
/ref> The town has a station located on the railway linking Tunis to Kalaat Khasba.


See also

*
List of cities in Tunisia This is the list of 350 cities and towns in Tunisia. In the List of cities in Tunisia#List of cities by Governorate, list by governorate, capitals are shown in bold. List of most-populated cities List of municipalities by governorate See ...


References

Communes of Tunisia Populated places in Siliana Governorate Tunisia geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Tunisia-geo-stub