Gabès قابس Qabis
Creation Date	June 21, 1981
Capital	Gabès 33°53′N 10°07′E / 33.883°N 10.117°E / 33.883; 10.117
Largest city	Gabès
Demonym	Gabsian (Arabic: قابسي, Gabsi‎)
Governor	Abdelkarim Mesbah (Democratic Constitutional Rally)
Area	Ranked 7
Total	7,175 km2 (2,770 sq mi)
Population	Ranked 16
Total (2007)	351,500
Density	49 /km2 (130 /sq mi)
Codes
Postal code prefix	60xx
Calling	75-2/75-3
ISO 3166-2	TN-81

Gabès Governorate (Arabic: ولاية قابس‎) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia. It is located in south-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 7,175 square kilometres (2,770 sq mi) and has a population of 343,000 (2004 census). The capital is Gabès.

[edit] Geography

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

It has some small cities, such as:

• Chenini Nahal
• El Hamma
• Ghannouch (Ghanoosh)
• Mareth
• Matwiya
• Matmâta
• Menzel el Habeeb
• Métouia
• Nouvelle Matmata (New Matmata)
• Oudhref
• Widthreff
• Zarat

Gabès has a hot Mediterranean weather. Gabès offers five contrasting landscapes: the beach, the mountains, the desert, small forest, oasis.

[edit] Tourism

The most famous tourist site in Gabès governorate is Matmata. Matmata is one of the rare cities in the world that is still in its original state. Gabès is famous for its mountains and natural places.

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Coordinates: 33°53′N 10°07′E / 33.883°N 10.117°E / 33.883; 10.117

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