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Bizerte Governorate
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Key facts
- Country
- Tunisia
- Capital
- Bizerte
- Governor
- Salem Ben Yacoub (since 2024)
- Total
- 3,750 km (1,450 sq mi)
- Rank
- Ranked 13th of 24
- Density
- 162/km (420/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01 ( CET )
- Postal prefix
- xx
- Iso 3166 code
- TN-23
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- governorate of Tunisia
- Country
- Tunisia
- Located in
- Tunisia
- Contains
- delegation of Zarzouna
- Capital
- Bizerte
- Population
- 568219
- Area
- 3750.0
- Shares border with
- Ariana Governorate
- Official website
- www.gouvernorat-bizerte.gov.tn
- Image
- VueAerienneCanalBizerteTunisie.JPG
- Dialing code
- 72
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- Bizerte Governorate
- topic's main category
- Category:Bizerte Governorate
- native label
- ولاية بنزرت
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Encyclopedic overview
Bizerte Governorate (Arabic: ولاية بنزرت Wilāyat Benzart pronounced [bɑnˈzɑrt]; French: Gouvernorat de Bizerte) is the northernmost of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is in northern Tunisia, approximately rectangular and having a long north coast. It covers an area of 3,750 km including two large lakes, one coastal hence saline and one freshwater being the World Heritage Site, Ichkeul lake. It had a population of 607,388 (2024). The capital is Bizerte which stands principally on inlet between Bizerte lake and the Mediterranean. The offshore Galite Islands are part of the governorate, as are the ruins of the ancient city of Utica.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bizerte Governorate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.