Tunisia
Central Coastal Tunisia
Gabès Governorate

Gabes

Gabès is in the Gulf of Gabès, along the coast, and the last stop for the railway line heading south. For most tourists, you will pass through Gabès on the way to another city.
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  • Type: City with 131,000 residents
  • Description: Tunisian town
  • Also known as: “Abes”, “Gabès”, “Gābis”, and “Kābis”

Gabes

Latitude
33.8878° or 33° 53′ 16″ north
Longitude
10.1004° or 10° 6′ 2″ east
Population
131,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
IATA airport code
GAE
United Nations Location Code
TN GAE
Open location code
8F5GV4Q2+45
Open­Street­Map ID
node 287544603
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2468369
Wiki­data ID
Q215661
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Gabes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ڤابس”
  • Arabic: “قابس (ولاية)”
  • Arabic: “قابس”
  • Arabic: “ولاية قابس”
  • Armenian: “Գաբես”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qabes”
  • Basque: “Gabes”
  • Belarusian: “Габес”
  • Belarusian: “Габэс (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Габэс (места)”
  • Belarusian: “Габэс (Туніс)”
  • Belarusian: “Габэс”
  • Breton: “Gabès”
  • Bulgarian: “Габес”
  • Catalan: “Gabes”
  • Catalan: “Gabès”
  • Catalan: “Kape”
  • Catalan: “Tacape”
  • Cebuano: “Gabès (kapital sa lalawigan sa Tunisia)”
  • Cebuano: “Gabès”
  • Chinese: “加貝斯”
  • Chinese: “加贝斯”
  • Czech: “Gabès”
  • Czech: “Gábes”
  • Danish: “Gabes”
  • Danish: “Gabès”
  • Dutch: “Gabes”
  • Dutch: “Gabès”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قابس”
  • Esperanto: “Gabes”
  • Estonian: “Gabes”
  • Estonian: “Gabès”
  • Estonian: “Qabis”
  • Estonian: “Qābis”
  • Finnish: “Gabes”
  • Finnish: “Gabès”
  • French: “Gabès”
  • Galician: “Gabès”
  • Georgian: “გაბესი”
  • German: “Gabes”
  • German: “Gabès”
  • German: “Qabis”
  • Greek: “Γκαμπές”
  • Greek: “Κάμπις”
  • Hebrew: “גאבס”
  • Hungarian: “Gabès”
  • Hungarian: “Kábesz”
  • Irish: “Gabès”
  • Italian: “Gabes”
  • Italian: “Gabès”
  • Japanese: “ガーベス”
  • Japanese: “ガベス”
  • Japanese: “ガベズ”
  • Korean: “가베스”
  • Latin: “Tacape”
  • Lithuanian: “Gabesas”
  • Malay: “Gabes”
  • Malay: “Gabès”
  • Moksha: “Габэс”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gabès”
  • Norwegian: “Gabès”
  • Persian: “قابس”
  • Polish: “Gabes”
  • Polish: “Gabès”
  • Polish: “Kabis”
  • Portuguese: “Gabès”
  • Romanian: “Gabes”
  • Romanian: “Gabès”
  • Russian: “Габес”
  • Scots: “Gabès”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gabes”
  • Sicilian: “Gabes”
  • Slovenian: “Gabes”
  • Slovenian: “Gabès”
  • Slovenian: “Qabis”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قابس”
  • Spanish: “Gabes”
  • Spanish: “Gabés”
  • Spanish: “Gabès”
  • Swedish: “Gabes”
  • Swedish: “Gabès”
  • Swedish: “Qabis”
  • Swedish: “Tacapae”
  • Thai: “Gabès”
  • Thai: “กอบิส”
  • Thai: “กาแบ็ส”
  • Turkish: “Gabes”
  • Turkish: “Gabès”
  • Turkish: “Gabis”
  • Turkish: “Kabis”
  • Ukrainian: “Габес”
  • Urdu: “قابس”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gabès”
  • Welsh: “Gabes”
  • Welsh: “Gabès”
  • Yiddish: “גאבעס”
  • Yiddish: “גאַבעס”
  • Zulu: “Gabès”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Gabes”. Photo: Ouahidb, CC BY-SA 3.0.