Sousse Governorate

Governorate of Tunisia

Governorate in Tunisia

Sousse

ولاية سوسة

Governorate

Map of Tunisia with Sousse highlighted

Subdivisions of Sousse Governorate

Coordinates: 35°50′N 10°38′E﻿ / ﻿35.833°N 10.633°E﻿ / 35.833; 10.633
Country|  Tunisia
Created| 21 June 1956
Capital| Sousse
Government

• Governor| Nabil Ferjani (since 2022)
Area

• Total| 2,669 km2 (1,031 sq mi)
• Rank| Ranked 19th of 24
Population

(2014)

• Total| 674,971
• Rank| Ranked 4th of 24
• Density| 250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix|

ISO 3166 code| TN-51

Sousse Governorate (Arabic: ولاية سوسة Wilāyat Sūsah pronounced [ˈsuː.sə]; French: Gouvernorat de Sousse) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia. It is beside the eastern coast of Tunisia in the north-east of the country and covers an area of 2,621 km2 and has a population of 674,971 (2014 census).[1] The capital is Sousse.

## Geography[edit]

The area compasses most of the broad eastern coastal plain (which has a hot Mediterranean climate) featuring salt and fresh water lakes, fed by winter rains. A narrow strip of forest, the Foret Nationale de Tunisie, adjoins part of the beach swathe between Sousse and Hammamet to the far north, the beach forming most of the coastline. These cities are on the Gulf of Hammamet which is a gently-curved bay. The largest lake is the Sebkhet de Sidi El Hani which is shared with two other areas but is mostly in the Sousse Governorate.[2]

Elevations are pronounced in the second national park in the area, which is mainly in Nabeul Governorate, is on all of the seaward sides of Hammam Bent Djadidi adjoining the northern border.

### Transport[edit]

Linked by the widest road in the country and railways to Tunis, the area has roads and railways leading further into the country and towards Libya as well as an airport beside the main port city of Sousse, Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport which is beyond its short eastern border in much smaller Monastir Governorate. There is a Metro line that goes from Sousse Beb Djedid threw Monastir to Mahdia.

## Administrative divisions[edit]

The governorate is divided into sixteen delegations (mutamadiyat), listed below with their populations at the 2004 and 2014 Censuses:[3]

Delegation | Area
in km2 | Pop'n
2004
Census | Pop'n
2014
Census

|
|
|

Akouda | 44.6 | 25,717 | 34,494
Bouficha | 261.8 | 23,581 | 26,760
Enfidha | 369.8 | 43,426 | 49,335
Hammam Sousse | 18.5 | 34,685 | 42,691
Hergla | 84.4 | 7,913 | 9,343
Kalâa Kebira | 232.9 | 51,196 | 59,132
Kalâa Seghira | 102.9 | 27,726 | 37,797
Kondar | 173.7 | 11,636 | 13,565
M'saken | 332.5 | 85,380 | 97,225
Sidi Bou Ali | 128.7 | 17,606 | 19,543
Sidi El Hani | 318.7 | 11,614 | 13,505
Sousse Jawhara | 14.3 | 62,663 | 86,517
Sousse Médina | 6.3 | 29,680 | 35,288
Sousse Riadh | 10.1 | .... | 64,532
Sousse Sidi Abdelhamid | 12.3 | 46,257 | 52,787
Zaouia-Ksiba-Thrayet | 36.5 | .... | 32,304

Sixteen municipalities are in Sousse Governorate:

Code | Municipality | Population
(2014)[4]

|
|

3111 | Sousse | 221,530
3112 | Ksibet Thrayet | 11,623
3113 | Ezzouhour | 17,348
3114 | Zaouiet Sousse | 20,681
3115 | Hammam Sousse | 42,937
3116 | Akouda | 27,200
3117 | Kalâa Kebira | 53,323
3118 | Sidi Bou Ali | 10,282
3119 | Hergla | 7,419
3120 | Enfidha | 10,990
3121 | Bouficha | 9,931
3122 | Sidi El Hani | 2,706
3123 | M'saken | 60,165
3124 | Kalâa Seghira | 34,548
3125 | Messaadine | 12,916
3126 | Kondar | 3,804

## References[edit]

1. ^ (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Physical Map of Tunisia
3. ^ Institut National de la Statistique Tunisie (web).
4. ^ Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2014 – Population, logements et ménages par commune et arrondissement [Census 2014 results – population, accommodation and households per municipality and delegation] (Report) (in French). National Institute of Statistics. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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