Métouia
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Métouia ( ''''), also spelled El Méthouia, is a town and commune in the Gabès Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,946. In summer, it increases to nearly 50 000 inhabitants due to the return of summer residents living abroad. Administratively, it has a municipality seat of 9,946 inhabitants and a delegation attached to the governorate of Gabès.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Métouia
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Tunisia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gabès Governorate
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 20648
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Tunisia
- Located in
- delegation of Métouia
- Population
- 170000
- Capital of
- delegation of Métouia
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- postal code
- 6010
- Commons category
- Métouia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notable residents
- Twin towns – sister cities
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- References
Métouia ( ''''), also spelled El Méthouia, is a town and commune in the Gabès Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,946. In summer, it increases to nearly 50 000 inhabitants due to the return of summer residents living abroad. Administratively, it has a municipality seat of 9,946 inhabitants and a delegation attached to the governorate of Gabès.
==History== Roman remains in Metouia witness Roman presence in ancient time. A large water resource have gathered settling tribes over the centuries in Metouia. According to the work of Victor Guérin, “Archaeological Travel in the Regence of Tunis” (1862) account 500 inhabitants in Métouia in 1862, describing the town as follows: "They grow very fertile gardens, divided by small separation of clay walls and watered by numerous rivulets. The tree that dominates is the palm tree. This set of gardens and the forest is an oasis of date palms larger than the previous one (Oudhref ) ".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Métouia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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