Sfax Governorate

Sfax is one of the governorates of Tunisia. The governorate has a population of 1,047,468 and an area of 7,545 km2. Its capital is . It is along the east coast of Tunisia, and includes the .
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  • Type: governorate of Tunisia with 955,000 residents
  • Description: governorate in Tunisia
  • Also known as: Şafāqis” and “Wilāyat Şafāqis

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agareb.

Town
is a coastal town and commune in eastern in the Sfax Governorate. It lies 20 km from . As of 2014 it had a population of 40,943 in both the urban and rural areas. is situated 10 km east of Sfax Governorate.

Sfax Governorate

Latitude
34.75° or 34° 45′ north
Longitude
10.4167° or 10° 25′ east
Population
955,000
Elevation
121 metres (397 feet)
Open location code
8F6GQC28+2M
Geo­Names ID
2467450
Wiki­data ID
Q241145
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Sfax Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: صفاقس
  • Arabic: ولاية صفاقس
  • Arabic: ولايه صفاقس
  • Azerbaijani: Sfaqs vilayəti
  • Azerbaijani: Sfaqs
  • Belarusian: Вілает Сфакс
  • Belarusian: Сфакс
  • Bengali: স্ফ্যাক্স গভর্নোরেট
  • Bulgarian: Сфакс
  • Catalan: Governació d’Sfax
  • Catalan: governació de Sfax
  • Catalan: Governació de Sfax
  • Catalan: Governadorat d’Sfax
  • Catalan: Governadorat de Sfax
  • Cebuano: Gouvernorat de Sfax
  • Chinese: 斯法克斯省
  • Czech: Sfax
  • Danish: Sfax Governorate
  • Dutch: Sfax
  • Estonian: Safaqise kubernerkond
  • Estonian: Şafāqise kubernerkond
  • Estonian: Safaqisi kubernerkond
  • Estonian: Şafāqisi kubernerkond
  • Estonian: Sfaxi kubernerkond
  • Finnish: Sfax
  • French: Gouvernorat de Sfax
  • French: Sfax
  • German: Gouvernement Sfax
  • German: Gouvernorat Sfax
  • German: Sfax
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο του Σφαξ
  • Gujarati: સ્ફેક્સ ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: ספקס
  • Hindi: स्फैक्स गवर्नरेट
  • Indonesian: Governorat sfax
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Sfax
  • Irish: Sfax
  • Italian: governatorato di Sfax
  • Italian: Governatorato di Sfax
  • Italian: Sfax
  • Japanese: スファックス県
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಫಾಕ್ಸ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 스팍스주
  • Latvian: Sfāksas vilāja
  • Lithuanian: Sfakso gubernija
  • Malay: Kawasan kegabenoran Sfax
  • Marathi: स्फेक्स गोव्हर्नोरेट
  • Northern Frisian: Sfax (Guwernement)
  • Northern Frisian: Sfax
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sfax
  • Norwegian: Sfax
  • Persian: استان صفاقس
  • Polish: Gubernatorstwo Safakis
  • Polish: Gubernatorstwo Sfax
  • Portuguese: Governorato de Sfax
  • Portuguese: Sfax
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Sfax
  • Russian: Сфакс
  • Scots: Sfax Governorate
  • Scots: Sfax Govrenorate
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sfax (vilajet)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sfax
  • Sinhala: එස්ෆක්ස් පළාත, ටියුනීසියාව
  • Sinhala: එස්ෆක්ස් පළාත
  • Slovenian: Guvernat Sfaks
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Sfax
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Sfax
  • Spanish: Sfax
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Sfax
  • Swedish: Sfax
  • Tamil: சபாஸ் கோவெர்னோரேட்
  • Telugu: ఫాక్స్ గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการเศาะฟากิส
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการสฟักซ์
  • Turkish: Safakes ili
  • Turkish: Safakes
  • Turkish: Sfaks ili
  • Ukrainian: Сфакс
  • Urdu: صفاقس
  • Urdu: ولایت صفاقس
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Sfax
  • Welsh: Sfax
  • Zulu: Sfax Governorate

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