Bizerte Governorate (Arabic: ولاية بنزرت‎; transliterated: Wilayat Binzart) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It covers an area of 3,685 km² and has a population of 524,000 (2004 census). The capital is Bizerte. The offshore Galite Islands are part of the governorate.

The following cities and towns are located in the Bizerte Governorate:

• Aousja
• Bizerte
• El Alia
• Ghar El Melh
• Mateur
• Menzel Bourguiba
• Menzel Jemil
• Menzel Abderrahmane
• Metline
• Raf Raf
• Ras Jebel
• Sejenane
• Tinja

[edit] Administrative divisions

The Bizerte Governorate is divided into fourteen delegations and further divided into 102 sectors (imada). The delegations with populations from the 2004 census^[1], are listed below:

Bizerte North, pop. 75,234 Bizerte South, pop. 45,227 Djoumime, pop. 35,213 El Alia, pop. 24,539 Ghar El Melh, pop. 18,525 Ghezala, pop. 27,799 Mateur, pop. 47,562

Menzel Bourguiba, pop. 54,804 Menzel Jemil, pop. 39,691 Ras Jebel, pop. 51,240 Sejenane, pop. 42,156 Tinja, pop. 19,444 Utique, pop. 18,266 Zarzouna, pop. 24,428

[edit] Notes

1. ^ "Résultats du Recensement 2004: Gouvernorat : Bizerte" Institute National de la Statistique - Tunisie, in French

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Coordinates: 37°16′N 9°52′E / 37.267°N 9.867°E / 37.267; 9.867

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