Mahdia Governorate

Mahdia Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية المهدية Wilāyat Mahdīya) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the central-eastern part of the country. It covers an area of 2,966 km².[1] As of the 2014 census, 410,812 people lived there.[2][3] The capital is Mahdia.

Mahdia
ولاية المهدية
Map of Tunisia with Mahdia highlighted
Map of Tunisia with Mahdia highlighted
Coordinates: 35°30′N 11°04′E
CountryTunisia
CreatedJune 5, 1974[1]
CapitalMahdia
Area
  Total2,966 km2 (1,145 sq mi)
  RankRanked 16th of 24
Population
 (2014)
  Total410,812
  RankRanked 14th of 24
  Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix
xx
ISO 3166 codeTN-53

References

  1. (in French) "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
  2. "2014 Tunisian census data". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  3. (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine


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