Tunis Governorate
Tunis Governorate is the smallest and most populated of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It covers an urban and suburban area on the Gulf of Tunis on the north-east coast covering 346 square kilometres and has a population of 1,075,306 with some agriculture and amenity land including parts of national parks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: governorate of Tunisia with 1,060,000 residents
- Description: governorate in Tunisia
- Also known as: “Gouvernorat de Tunis et Banlieue”, “Tūnis”, “Tunis and Banlieue”, “Tunis Banlieue”, “Wilāyat Tūnis”, and “Wilāyat Tūnis wa al Aḩwāz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Library of Tunisia and Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul.
National Library of Tunisia
Library
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The National Library of Tunisia is the legal deposit and copyright library for Tunisia. It was founded in 1885, then known as the French Library, and then the People's library.
Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul
Church
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul is a Roman Catholic church located in Tunis, Tunisia. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul, patron saint of charity.
Bab el Bhar
City gate
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bab el Bhar, also known as Porte De France, is a gate on the east side of the medina of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It marks the separation between the medina and the modern city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tunis and Sidi Hassine.
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of Tunisia. There are quite a few must-see attractions, especially if you include the ruins of Carthage, which are easily accessed from here, and the Punic ports are interesting, too.
Sidi Hassine
Town
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. Sidi Hassine is situated 7 km west of Tunis Governorate.
Medina of Tunis
Suburb
Photo: Raspail, Public domain.
The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from various periods.
Tunis Governorate
- Location: Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Tunis Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تونس”
- Arabic: “ولاية تونس”
- Arabic: “ولايه تونس”
- Armenian: “Թունիս”
- Asturian: “gobernación de Tunicia”
- Azerbaijani: “Tunis qubernatorluğu”
- Belarusian: “вілает Туніс”
- Belarusian: “Туніс”
- Bulgarian: “Тунис”
- Catalan: “Governació de Tunis del Nord”
- Catalan: “Governació de Tunis i suburbis”
- Catalan: “Governació de Tunis Nord”
- Catalan: “governació de Tunis”
- Catalan: “Governació de Tunis”
- Catalan: “Governadorat de Tunis del Nord”
- Catalan: “Governadorat de Tunis i suburbis”
- Catalan: “Governadorat de Tunis Nord”
- Catalan: “Governadorat de Tunis”
- Cebuano: “Gouvernorat de Tunis”
- Chinese: “突尼斯省”
- Czech: “Tunis”
- Czech: “Tuniský guvernorát”
- Danish: “Tunis”
- Dutch: “Tunis”
- Esperanto: “Gubernio Tunizo”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Tunis”
- French: “Tunis”
- German: “Gouvernement Tunis”
- German: “Gouvernorat Tunis”
- German: “TN-11”
- German: “Tunis”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Τύνιδας”
- Indonesian: “Governorat tunis”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Tunis”
- Irish: “Tunis”
- Italian: “governatorato di Tunisi”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Tunisi”
- Italian: “Tunisi”
- Japanese: “チュニス州”
- Japanese: “チュニス県”
- Korean: “튀니스 주”
- Korean: “튀니스주”
- Malay: “Kawasan kegabenoran Tunis”
- Maltese: “Governorat ta‘ Tuneż”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tunis”
- Norwegian: “Tunis”
- Persian: “استان تونس”
- Polish: “Gubernatorstwo Tunis”
- Portuguese: “Província de Tunes”
- Portuguese: “Província de Túnis”
- Portuguese: “Tunes”
- Portuguese: “Tunis”
- Portuguese: “Túnis”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Tunis”
- Russian: “Тунис”
- Scots: “Tunis Governate”
- Scots: “Tunis Governorate”
- Scots: “Tunis Govrenorate”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tunis (vilajet)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tunis”
- Sinhala: “ටියුනිස් පළාත, ටියුනීසියාව”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Tunis”
- Slovenian: “TN-11”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Tunez”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Túnez”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Tunez”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Túnez”
- Spanish: “Tunez”
- Spanish: “Túnez”
- Swahili: “Wilaya ya Tunis”
- Swedish: “Tunis”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Тунис”
- Turkish: “Tunus ili”
- Turkish: “Tunus”
- Ukrainian: “Туніс”
- Urdu: “تونس”
- Urdu: “ولایت تونس”
- Welsh: “Tiwnis”
- Welsh: “Tunis”
- Zulu: “Tunis Governorate”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jellaz Cemetery and Bab Alioua.
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