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Gabès Governorate

Coordinates: 33°53′N 10°07′E / 33.883°N 10.117°E / 33.883; 10.117
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Gabès
ڨابس
Gabis
Governorate
Coat of arms of Gabès
Coat of arms
Map of Tunisia with Gabès highlighted
Map of Tunisia with Gabès highlighted
Subdivisions of Gabès Governorate
Subdivisions of Gabès Governorate
Coordinates: 33°53′N 10°07′E / 33.883°N 10.117°E / 33.883; 10.117
Country Tunisia
CreatedJune 1956[1]
CapitalGabès
Government
 • GovernorVacant
Area
 • Total
7,166 km2 (2,767 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 8th of 24
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
374,300
 • RankRanked 16th of 24
 • Density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Gabesian
(Arabic: قابسي, Gabsi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix
60xx
Calling code75-2/75-3
ISO 3166 codeTN-81

Gabès Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية ڨابس Wilāyat Gābis; French: Gouvernorat de Gabès) is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia and in south-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 7166 km2[1] and had a population of 374,300 as at the 2014 census.[2][3] The capital is Gabès.

Geography

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The governorate of Gabès is in southeast Tunisia on the coast of the Gulf of Gabès, 376 km south of the capital, Tunis.

Gabès has a hot Mediterranean climate. Gabès offers five contrasting landscapes: the beach, the mountains, the desert, small forest, oasis. It contains the eastern end of Chott el Fejej.

The coast is approximately half of that of the large bay. The gulf has several alternative names dating to antiquity and to an etymological association with onshore winds and sandbanks making navigation difficult, including Lesser Syrtis (see Gulf of Sidra which takes in also the mainly Libyan portion of the continental gulf).

Administrative divisions

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Administratively, the governorate is divided into ten delegations (mutamadiyat), ten municipalities, nine rural councils, and 73 sectors (imadas).[1] The delegations and their populations from the 2004 and 2014 censuses,[2] are listed below:

Delegation Population in 2004 Population in 2014
El Hamma 62,390 73,512
El Metouia 25,862 27,878
Gabes Medina 47,057 46,731
Gabes Ouest 28,389 31,768
Gabes Sud 61,699 74,422
Ghannouch 22,681 28,051
Menzel El Habib 11,477 10,148
Mareth 61,340 63,122
Matmata 5,766 4,444
Nouvelle Matmata 15,969 14,224

Ten municipalities are in Gabès Governorate:

Code Municipality Population
(2014)[4]
5111 Gabès 130,984
5112 Chenini Nahal 14,803
5113 Ghannouch 28,051
5114 Métouia 10,716
5115 Oudhref 9,932
5116 El Hamma 41,607
5117 Matmata 1,847
5118 Nouvelle Matmata 7,526
5119 Mareth 11,678
5120 Zarat 5,627


Tourism

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Matmata is a Berber-speaking town largely of underground homes conserved with a community-based pre-industrialized lifestyle. The south-centre of the Wilāyat has semi-desert mountains and natural features nearby include splendid oases and caves. Eclectic souqs feature in the main municipalities, with traditional wood, stone, metal and textile products.

Economy

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The economy of the governorate is based, like all governorates that open onto the Mediterranean, on agriculture and fishing. The governorate is one of the richest fishing areas in Tunisia.

In the industrial field , the governorate is home to a center concentrating in particular chemical industries (processing of phosphate with the production of phosphoric acid , diammonium phosphateand dicalcium phosphate ) and agri-food . Its trade is carried out in particular thanks to the port which has eleven quays and twenty berths. In 2000, its traffic was estimated at 4,000,000 tonnes. Manufacturing industries employed 41.5% of the active population, the tertiary sector 35.5% and the agricultural sector 23%.

There are three industrial zones: Gabès, Métouia-El Aouinet and El Hamma.

Politics

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Governors

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A list of Governoros since the independence:

  • Habib Ben Mohamed Lahbib (1956-1958)
  • Mohamed Bellamine (1958-1959)
  • Youssef Jedaï (1959-1961)
  • Ahmed Bellalouna (1961-1967)
  • Zakaria Ben Mustapha(1967-1969)
  • Hédi Baccouche(1969-1970)
  • Rachid Badri (1970-1973)
  • Abdelhamid Melki (1973)
  • Ameur Ghedira (1973-1974)
  • Abderrahim Zouari (1974-1978)
  • Abderrazak Yazid (1978-1979)
  • Mohamed Jegham (1979-1980)
  • Ahmed Ben Jemiaâ (1980-1983)
  • Mohamed Habib Gharbi (1983-1984)
  • Abdelhak Lassoued (1984-1986)
  • Mohamed Essid (1986-1988)
  • Naceur El Gharbi (1988-1990)
  • Moncef Louati (1990-1993)
  • Slaheddine El Abed (1993-1996)
  • Hassène Smaoui (1996-1998)
  • Ali Trabelsi (1998-2000)
  • Sadok Marzouk (2000-2002)
  • Kamel Ben Ali (2002-2005)
  • Brahim Briki (2005-July 2006)
  • Abdelkrim Mosbah (2006-2009)
  • Mokdad Missaoui (2009-2011)
  • Chokri Necib (2011)
  • Moncef Khemiri (2011)
  • Mondher Yedas (2011-2012)
  • Omar Chahbani (2012)
  • Houcine Jrad (2012[5]-2015)
  • Nabil Zarrouk (2015[6])
  • Ahmed Lamine Lansari (2015[7]-2016)
  • Mongi Thameur (2016[8]-October 2021[9])
  • Mosbah Kardamin (June 2022-2023[10])

Mayors

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As of May 2018:

References

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  1. ^ a b c (in French) "tunisieindustrie.nat.tn". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19.
  2. ^ a b "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
  4. ^ Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat 2014 – Population, logements et ménages par commune et arrondissement [Census 2014 results – population, accommodation and households per municipality and delegation] (Report) (in French). National Institute of Statistics. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Un nouveau gouverneur a Gabes". businessnews.com.tn. 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  6. ^ "Nomination de six nouveaux gouverneurs". La Presse de Tunisie. Archived from the original on 2015-06-06.
  7. ^ Nomination de nouveaux gouverneurs par Habib Essid, (Archived) Mosaïque FM, 22 October 2015
  8. ^ "Nomination de 12 nouveaux gouverneurs, dont une femme !". businessnews.com.tn.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "الرئيس التونسي ينهي مهام والي قابس". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  10. ^ "Tunisia's President Kais Saied dismisses Gabes governor". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  11. ^ "Tunisie - Municipales 2018 : Poursuite de l'installation des nouveaux Conseils municipaux | Directinfo" (in French). 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  12. ^ "Municipales 2018 : L'heure à l'installation des Conseils municipaux". radioexpressfm.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-09.
  13. ^ "انتخاب السيد الحبيب الذوادي رئيسا لبلدية قابس". إذاعة تطاوين (in Arabic). 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  14. ^ a b "Tunisie - Municipales 2018 : Des nouveaux Conseils municipaux installés | Directinfo" (in French). 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  15. ^ "Régions-Municipales 2018 : Poursuite de l'élection des nouveaux maires".
  16. ^ "محضر التنصيب لجلسة سد شغور لرئاسة المجلس".
  17. ^ "Un indépendant à la tête de la municipalité de Nouvelle Matmata".
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