Siliana Governorate

Siliana Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية سليانة Wilāyat Silyānah pronounced [ˌsɪlˈjæːnæ]) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the northern part of the country. It covers an area of 4,631 km².[1] As of the 2014 census, 223,087 people lived there.[2][3] The capital is Siliana.

Siliana
سليانة
Map of Tunisia with Siliana highlighted
Map of Tunisia with Siliana highlighted
Coordinates: 36°10′N 9°22′E
CountryTunisia
CreatedJune 5, 1974[1]
CapitalSiliana
Area
  Total4,642 km2 (1,792 sq mi)
  RankRanked 12th of 24
Population
 (2014)
  Total223,087
  RankRanked 20th of 24
  Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix
xx
ISO 3166 codeTN-34

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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