Gabès Governorate

Gabès Governorate is one of the 24 governorates of and in south-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 7166 km2 and had a population of 374,300 as at the 2014 census. The capital is .
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  • Type: governorate of Tunisia with 374,000 residents
  • Description: governorate in Tunisia
  • Also known as: Gabes Governorate”, “Gouvernorat de Gabes”, “Qābis”, and “Wilāyat Qābis

Gabès Governorate

Latitude
33.8333° or 33° 50′ north
Longitude
9.75° or 9° 45′ east
Population
374,000
Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)
Open location code
8F5FRQM2+82
Geo­Names ID
2468365
Wiki­data ID
Q242263
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Gabès Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: قابس
  • Arabic: ولاية قابس
  • Arabic: ولاية ڨابس
  • Arabic: ولايه قابس
  • Azerbaijani: Qabes vilayəti
  • Azerbaijani: Qabes
  • Belarusian: Вілает Габес
  • Belarusian: Габес
  • Belarusian: Габэс
  • Bengali: গ্যাবেজ গভর্নোরেট
  • Bulgarian: Габес
  • Catalan: Governació de Gabes
  • Catalan: governació de Gabès
  • Catalan: Governació de Gabès
  • Catalan: Governadorat de Gabes
  • Catalan: Governadorat de Gabès
  • Cebuano: Gouvernorat de Gabès
  • Chinese: 加貝斯省
  • Chinese: 加贝斯省
  • Danish: Gabès Governorate
  • Dutch: Gabès
  • Finnish: Gabès
  • French: Gabès
  • French: Gouvernorat de Gabès
  • German: Gouvernement Gabès
  • German: Gouvernorat Gabès
  • Greek: Γκαμπές
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο του Γκαμπές
  • Gujarati: ગેબેસ ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: גאבס
  • Hindi: गेबेस
  • Hungarian: Gabès kormányzóság
  • Indonesian: Governorat gabès
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Gabès
  • Irish: Gabès
  • Italian: Gabès
  • Italian: governatorato di Gabès
  • Italian: Governatorato di Gabès
  • Japanese: ガベス県
  • Japanese: ガベズ県
  • Kannada: ಗಬೆಸ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 가베스주
  • Latvian: Gābisas vilāja
  • Lithuanian: Gabeso vilajetas
  • Malay: Kawasan kegabenoran Gabès
  • Marathi: गॅबसचे गव्हर्नोरेट
  • Northern Frisian: Gabès (Guwernement)
  • Northern Frisian: Gabès
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gabès
  • Norwegian: Gabès
  • Persian: استان قابس
  • Polish: Gubernatorstwo Gabès
  • Polish: Gubernatorstwo Kabis
  • Portuguese: Gabès
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Gabes
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Gabès
  • Russian: Габес
  • Scots: Gabès Governorate
  • Scots: Gabès Govrenorate
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gabes (vilajet)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gabes
  • Sinhala: ගබේස් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Sinhala: ගබේස් පළාත, ටියුනීසියාව
  • Spanish: Gabes
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Gabes
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Gabès
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Gabes
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Gabès
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Gabes
  • Swedish: Gabès
  • Tamil: கபேஸ் கோவெர்னோரே
  • Telugu: గేబ్స్ గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการกอบิส
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการกาแบ็ส
  • Turkish: Gabes
  • Turkish: Gabis
  • Ukrainian: Габес
  • Urdu: گابس
  • Urdu: ولایت قابس
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Gabès
  • Welsh: Gabès
  • Zulu: Gabès Governorate

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