Gafsa

Gafsa Governorate is one of the 24 governorates of . It is situated in central Tunisia, bordering . It covers an area of 7807 km2 and has a population of 337,331.
  • Type: governorate of Tunisia with 351,000 residents
  • Description: governorate in Tunisia
  • Also known as: Gafsa Governorate”, “Qafşah”, “Qafṣah”, and “Wilāyat Qafşah

Gafsa

Latitude
34.5° or 34° 30′ north
Longitude
9° east
Population
351,000
Elevation
351 metres (1,152 feet)
Open location code
8F6FG222+22
Geo­Names ID
2468351
Wiki­data ID
Q269968
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Gafsa” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: ጋፍሳ
  • Arabic: قفصة
  • Arabic: ولاية ڤفصة
  • Arabic: ولاية قفصة
  • Arabic: ولاية ڨفصة
  • Arabic: ولايه قفصه
  • Azerbaijani: Qafsa vilayəti
  • Azerbaijani: Qafsa
  • Belarusian: Вілает Гафса
  • Belarusian: Гафса
  • Bengali: গাফসা গভর্নোরেট
  • Bulgarian: Гафса
  • Catalan: Gafsa
  • Catalan: governació de Gafsa
  • Catalan: Governació de Gafsa
  • Catalan: Governadorat de Gafsa
  • Cebuano: Gafsa Governorate
  • Chinese: 加夫萨省
  • Chinese: 加夫薩省
  • Danish: Gafsa Governorate
  • Dutch: Gafsa
  • Finnish: Gafsa
  • French: Gafsa
  • French: Gouvernorat de Gafsa
  • German: Gouvernement Gafsa
  • German: Gouvernorat Gafsa
  • German: TN-71
  • Greek: Κάφσα
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο της Γκαφσά
  • Gujarati: ગફ્સા ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hausa: Gafsa
  • Hebrew: גפסה
  • Hindi: गफसा गवर्नरेट
  • Hungarian: Gafsza kormányzóság
  • Indonesian: Governorat gafsa
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Gafsa
  • Irish: Gafsa
  • Italian: Gafsa
  • Italian: governatorato di Gafsa
  • Italian: Governatorato di Gafsa
  • Japanese: ガフサ県
  • Javanese: Gafsa
  • Kannada: ಗಫ್ಸಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Kazakh: Гафса
  • Kirghiz: Гафса
  • Korean: 가프사주
  • Latvian: Gafsas vilāja
  • Lithuanian: Gafsos vilajetas
  • Malay: Kawasan kegabenoran Gafsa
  • Marathi: गफसो गव्हर्नोरेट
  • Northern Frisian: Gafsa (Guwernement)
  • Northern Frisian: Gafsa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gafsa
  • Norwegian: Gafsa
  • Oromo: Gafsa
  • Panjabi: ਗਾਫ਼ਸਾ
  • Persian: استان قفصه
  • Polish: Gubernatorstwo Gafsa
  • Polish: Gubernatorstwo Kafsa
  • Portuguese: Gafsa
  • Pushto: قفصة
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Gafsa
  • Russian: Гафса
  • Scots: Gafsa Governorate
  • Scots: Gafsa Govrenorate
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gafsa (vilajet)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gafsa
  • Sinhala: ගෆ්සා පළාත, ටියුනීසියාව
  • Sinhala: ගෆ්සා පළාත
  • Somali: Gafsa
  • Spanish: Gafsa
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Gafsa
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Gafsa
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Gafsa
  • Swedish: Gafsa
  • Tajik: Қафса
  • Tamil: கஃசா கோவெர்னோராட்
  • Tatar: Гафса
  • Telugu: గాఫ్సా గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการก็อฟเศาะฮ์
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการกัฟซา
  • Turkish: Kafsa ili
  • Turkish: Kafsa
  • Ukrainian: Гафса
  • Urdu: قفصہ
  • Urdu: ولایت قفصہ
  • Uzbek: Gafsa
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Gafsa
  • Welsh: Gafsa
  • Zulu: Gafsa Governorate

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