Kasserine Governorate

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القصرين
Kasserine
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Basic data
Country Tunisia
Capital Kasserine
surface 8066 km²
Residents 439,243 (2014)
density 54 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TN-42

Coordinates: 35 ° 10 ′  N , 8 ° 50 ′  E

Djebel Chambi

Kasserine ( Arabic ولاية القصرين, DMG wilāyat al-Qaṣrain ) is one of the 24 governorates in Tunisia . It is located in the west of the country on the border with Algeria . The governorate covers an area of ​​8066 km² at altitudes between 500 and 1550 m and has a total of about 440,000 inhabitants. The capital of the governorate is the city of Kasserine .

Delegations

The governorate has 13 delegations :

delegation
2004 residents		 Residents
2014
Djedeliane 13.205 12,297
El Ayoun 18,634 19,211
Ezzouhour 20,277 21,819
Fériana 45,787 51,455
Foussana 41,240 41,447
Haidra 8,716 9,762
Hassi Ferid 16,890 19,400
Kasserine North 58,343 65,322
Kasserine South 21,139 21,653
Majel Bel Abbès 21,909 23,315
Sbeitla 69,539 75,245
Sbiba 42.091 41,189
Thala 34,508 37,128
total 412.278 439.243

climate

The daytime temperatures are between 2 and 12 ° C in winter and between 30 and 40 ° C in summer. The annual average rainfall is less than 300 millimeters; Snow falls more frequently on the mountain peaks, but only rarely in the valleys and quickly melts in the daytime sun.

economy

The extraction of raw materials plays the greatest role in the region's economy, especially stone and clay, sand and lime. Another important raw material is half grass , which is used in the production of cellulose and paper as well as for weaving small bags and baskets. The smuggling of goods with neighboring Algeria also plays a role in the region's economic life.

nature

The Djebel Chambi biosphere reserve with the highest mountain in Tunisia ( Djebel Chambi , 1544 m), in which the proportion of forest is very high and in which many wild animals such as z. B. wild boar , partridge , hare , fox and jackal live. The Djebel Selloum (1373 m) and the Djebel Semmama (1314 m) also belong to the governorate. The area is crossed by the Oued Derb River , where the remains of the Roman Kasserine dam are located. The eastern border roughly corresponds to the course of the Oued Sbeitla, which dries almost all year round .

Culture

Sufetula - three temples on the Capitol

Between the biosphere reserve and the capital Kasserine lies the ancient Roman city of Cillium , most of which has not yet been excavated. A triumphal arch , two memorial buildings and a small theater have been preserved as high-rise buildings . The city fortifications date from the Byzantine period and a basilica from the early Christian period . The ruins of the Roman cities Sufetula ( Sbeitla ) and Ammaedara ( Haïdra ) are also on the territory of the governorate; there are hardly any traces of two other Roman cities ( Sufes near Sbiba and Thelepte near Fériana ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population statistics 2004 + 2014
  2. ↑ Kasserine climate diagrams
  3. ^ Archaeological sites in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid in the French Wikipedia