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Béja Governorate

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Country
  
Capital
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+01)

Area
  
3,740 km²

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:TN

Created
  
June 21, 1956

Area rank
  
Ranked 14th of 24

Postal prefix
  
xx

Population
  
303,032 (2014)

Béja Governorate

Béja Governorate (Arabic: ولاية باجة‎‎ Wilāyat Bājah [ˈbæːʒæ]) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in northern Tunisia and has a brief coastline relative to its size. It covers an area of 3,740 km² and had a population of 303,032 as at the 2014 census. The capital is Béja and it spans the moderately high Tell Atlas hills and part of the plain between the Tell Atlas and the Dorsal Atlas further south.

Contents

Map of Beja, Tunisia

Geography

The governorate is 105 kilometres (65 mi) from the capital and surrounded by the governorates of Bizerte, Zaghouan, Manouba, Siliana, and Jendouba.

The average temperature is 18 °C and annual rainfall is 350-1000 millimeters.

Administrative divisions

Administratively, the governorate is divided into nine delegations (mutamadiyat), eight municipalities, eight rural councils, and 101 sectors (imadas). The delegations and their populations from the 2004 and 2014 censuses, are listed below:

The following eight municipalities are located in Béja Governorate:

References

Béja Governorate Wikipedia


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