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Vinony's link graph records 355 inbound references to Sousse Governorate, and connects out to governorate of Tunisia, French and Tunisia.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including Governorates of Tunisia and Sousse Governorate.
Vinony links it to 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Tunisia
- Created
- 21 June 1956
- Capital
- Sousse
- Governor
- Sofiane Tanfouri (since 2024)
- Total
- 2,669 km (1,031 sq mi)
- Rank
- Ranked 19th of 24
- Density
- 285.6/km (739.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01 ( CET )
- Postal prefix
- xx
- Iso 3166 code
- TN-51
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- governorate of Tunisia
- Official name
- ولاية سوسة
- Country
- Tunisia
- Located in
- Tunisia
- Capital
- Sousse
- Population
- 674971
- Area
- 2669.0
- Elevation
- 39
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- Shares border with
- Gulf of Hammamet
- Image
- Sousse plage.jpg
- Dialing code
- 73
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- Commons category
- Sousse Governorate
- topic's main category
- Category:Sousse Governorate
- native label
- ولاية سوسة
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sousse Governorate
- inception
- 1956-06-21
- language used
- Judeo-Tunisian Arabic
- postal code
- xx
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Encyclopedic overview
Sousse Governorate (Arabic: ولاية سوسة Wilāyat Sūsah pronounced [ˈsuː.sə]; French: Gouvernorat de Sousse) is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is beside the eastern coast of Tunisia in the north-east of the country and covers an area of 2,621 km and has a population of 762,281 (2024 census). The capital is Sousse. The governorate of Sousse is Tunisia's second largest tourist destination, boasting 115 hotels with a capacity of 40,000 beds spread across the Sousse-Jawhara, Sousse-Medina, Sousse-Nord, and Sousse-Sud regions. Two new tourist areas are currently being developed in Hergla and Bouficha. They will have a capacity of over 20,000 beds.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sousse Governorate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.