Central West Tunisia

Central West Tunisia or in (Arabic language : الوسط الغربي التونسي ) is the region located at the Central West of Tunisia which assembles Three of the following states: Sidi Bouzid, Kairouan and Kasserine.[1]

Geography

The Region Consider it as a dry and Rocky with many mountains around it Like Chambi mountain in Kasserine That is the largest one in the country as well Jebel Serj National Park a large mountain between Kairouan and Siliana, however the Region measuring an area of 22,377 kilometers square.

Demographics

With 1,459,703[2] people, the Central West is the 4th populated region in the country. The most populated Governorates of the Central West are:

Governorate Population Population Density Largest town/city
Kairouan 570,559 85/km2 Kairouan ( 186,653 )
Kasserine 459,232 56/km2 Kasserine ( 83,534 )
Sidi Bouzid 429,912 58/km2 Sidi Bouzid ( 48,339 )

Cities and towns

there are several cities and towns with population that exceed 50,000 Inhabitants Here are the top 10 populated cities:

City Population Population Density
Greater Kairouan 186,653 no data
Greater Kaserine ( 83,534 city ) ( 108,794 combined ) 6,961 Km/square2
Greater Sidi Bouzid ( 48,339 city ) ( 122,676 combined ) no data
Greater Sbeitla ( 23,844 city ) ( 72,245 combined ) no data
Greater Bou Hajla ( 7,940 city ) ( 70,589 combined ) no data
Greater Sbikha ( 8,104 city ) ( 67,315 combined ) no data
Greater Regueb ( 11,430 city ) ( 58,776 combined ) no data
Greater Feriana ( 36,504 city ) ( 51,455 combined ) no data
Greater Haffouz ( 8,472 city ) ( 43,792 combined ) no data
Greater Foussana ( 7,716 city ) ( 41,447 combined ) no data

Economy

Culture

References

  1. ^ Central West Details (in Arabic)
  2. ^ (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine