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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.