Country Tunisia Capital El Kef Time zone CET (UTC+01) Area 4,965 km² ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:TN | Created June 21, 1956 Area rank Ranked 10th of 24 Postal prefix xx Population 243,156 (2014) | |
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Points of interest Dar el Kahia, La Kasbah القصبة, Citernes romaines | ||
Kef Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية الكاف Wilāyat el-Kāf [lkæːf]) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It comprises chiefly part of the dorsal Atlas Mountains and their foothills in north-western Tunisia, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 4,965 km² and has a population of 243,156 (2014 census). The capital is El Kef.
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Map of Kef, Tunisia
Administrative divisions
Twelve municipalities are in Kef Governorate:
Demographics
Due to its close proximity to the Algerian border and its historical role in the Algerian War of Independence, Kef has a significant Algerian population, hosting over 6,000 registered Algerian voters, the second largest such community in Tunisia after Tunis. Its capital city, El Kef, was the command centre of the Front de Libération Nationale during the Algerian War of Independence against the French in the 1950s.