Sidi Bouzid governorate

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سيدي بوزيد
Sidi Bouzid
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Basic data
Country Tunisia
Capital Sidi Bouzid (Tunisia)
surface 6994 km²
Residents 430,000 (2014)
density 61 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 TN-43

Coordinates: 35 ° 2 ′  N , 9 ° 29 ′  E

The Sidi Bouzid Governorate ( Arabic سيدي بوزيد, DMG Sīdī Bū-Zaid ) is one of the 24 governorates in Tunisia . It is located in the center of the country in the area of ​​the central Tunisian steppe and covers an area of ​​almost 7000 km² (4.5% of the total area of ​​Tunisia). The population is 415,900; the majority of the people live in rural areas . The capital of the region is the city of the same name, Sidi Bouzid .

history

The governorate as it is today was founded in 1973. The region was the starting point of the Tunisian revolution in December 2010 , after which the greengrocer Mohamed Bouazizi burned himself to death in the capital of the governorate . The ensuing riots in Sidi Bouzid quickly spread across the country and paved the way for the Arab Spring .

Administrative division

Olive tree at Sidi Bouzid after heavy rainfall

The Sidi Bouzid governorate is divided into twelve delegations :

delegation
2004 residents		 Residents
2014
Bir El Hafey 33,979 38,288
Cebbala Ouled Asker 18,618 20,382
Jilma 36,861 40,239
Meknassy 22,617 23,789
Menzel Bouzaiane 23,668 25,321
Mezzouna 22,839 24,766
Ouled Haffouz 19,910 19,579
Regueb 58,776 64,998
Sidi Ali Ben Aoun 24,896 28,214
Sidi Bouzid Est 48 371 49,450
Sidi Bouzid Ouest 65,761 73.226
Souk Jedid 19,210 21,660
total 395.506 429.912

climate

The long-term average temperatures are between 5 and 15 ° C in winter and between 20 and 35 ° C in summer. The annual average rainfall is between 200 and 250 millimeters.

economy

Agriculture is the dominant economic sector in the region: fruit growing (olives, almonds) and the cultivation of vegetables (asparagus) play the most important role; in addition, livestock is raised to a not insignificant extent.

nature

The region is largely man-made. Two nature reserves are located in the peripheral zones - in the northwest the Djebel Mghilla National Park with the highest mountain in the governorate (1378 m) and in the south the Bou Hedma National Park, which is a maximum of 814 m high .

Culture

Many small finds indicate that the region around Sidi Bouzid already played an important role in Roman times.

Individual evidence

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