Tunis تونس
Creation Date	June1956
Capital	Tunis 36°48′N 10°10′E / 36.8°N 10.17°E / 36.8; 10.17
Largest city	Tunis
Demonym	Tunisois (Arabic: تونسي, Tounsi‎)
Governor	Mondher Friji (Democratic Constitutional Rally)
Area	Ranked 24
Total	346 km2 (134 sq mi)
Population	Ranked 1
Total (2007)	990,100
Density	2,852 /km2 (7,390 /sq mi)
Codes
Postal code prefix	10xx
Calling	71
ISO 3166-2	TN-11

Tunis Governorate (Arabic: ولاية تونس‎) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It covers an area of 346 square kilometres (134 sq mi) and has a population of 984,000 (2004 census). The capital is Tunis, which is the modern day city at which the ancient city/capital of the nation of Carthage was based.

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

• Carthage
• La Goulette
• La Marsa
• Le Bardo
• Le Kram
• Sidi Bou Saïd
• Sidi Hassine
• Tunis (capital)

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