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Sfax, Tunisiai
Regional Level Types
SfaxGovernorate
TunisiaCountry

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View of the Sfax phosphate mining area, in 1902.

Sfax, Tunisia
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View of the Sfax phosphate mining area, in 1910.

Sfax, Tunisia
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View of the Sfax phosphate mining area, in 1909.

Sfax, Tunisia
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View of the Sfax phosphate mining area, in 1902.

Sfax, Tunisia
02786590017272264419175.jpg
View of the Sfax phosphate mining area, in 1910.

Sfax, Tunisia
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View of the Sfax phosphate mining area, in 1909.

Sfax, Tunisia
08409440017272264408545.jpg
View of the Sfax phosphate mining area, in 1902.

Sfax, Tunisia
02786590017272264419175.jpg
View of the Sfax phosphate mining area, in 1910.

Sfax, Tunisia
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Sfax277,278 (2018)
Gremda33,744 (2018)
Skhira9,211 (2018)
Djebeniana7,349 (2018)
Bir Ali Ben Khalifa4,864 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
146033
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:146033:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Arabic:
ولاية صفاقس, تونس
French:
Sfax, Tunisie
German:
Sfax, Tunesien
Italian:
Sfax, Tunisia
Russian:
Сфакс, Тунис
Simplified Chinese:
斯法克斯省, 突尼西亞
Spanish:
Gobernación de Sfax, Túnez
Azeri:
Sfaqs
Belarusian:
Сфакс , Туніс
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Сфакс
Bengali:
স্ফ্যাক্স গভর্নোরেট
Bulgarian:
Сфакс, Тунис
Catalan:
governació de Sfax, Tunísia
Cebuano:
Gouvernorat de Sfax
Danish:
Sfax Governorate, Tunesien
Dutch:
Sfax, Tunesië
Estonian:
Sfaxi kubernerkond, Tuneesia
Farsi/Persian:
صفاقس, تونس
Finnish:
Sfax, Tunisia
Greek:
Κυβερνείο του Σφαξ, Τυνησία
Gujarati:
સ્ફેક્સ ગવર્નોરેટ
Hebrew:
ספקס, תוניסיה
Hindi:
स्फैक्स गवर्नरेट, ट्यूनिशिया
Indonesian:
Kegubernuran Sfax, Tunisia
Irish Gaelic:
Sfax, An Túinéis
Japanese:
スファックス県, チュニジア
Kannada:
ಸ್ಫಾಕ್ಸ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
Kashmiri:
صفاقس
Korean:
스팍스주, 튀니지
Latvian:
Sfāksas vilāja, Tunisija
Lithuanian:
Sfakso gubernija, Tunisas
Malay:
Kawasan kegabenoran Sfax
Marathi:
स्फेक्स गोव्हर्नोरेट
Northern Frisian:
Sfax
Norwegian:
Sfax, Tunisia
Polish:
Gubernatorstwo Safakis, Tunezja
Portuguese:
Sfax, Tunísia
Romanian:
Guvernoratul Sfax, Tunisia
Scots:
Sfax Govrenorate
Serbo-Croatian:
Sfax
Sinhalese:
එස්ෆක්ස් පළාත
Slovenian:
Guvernat Sfaks, Tunizija
South Azerbaijani:
صفاقس
Swahili:
Wilaya ya Sfax, Tunisia
Swedish:
Sfax, Tunisien
Tamil:
சபாஸ் கோவெர்னோரேட்
Telugu:
ఫాక్స్ గవర్నరేట్
Thai:
เขตผู้ว่าการสฟักซ์, ตูนิเซีย
Traditional Chinese:
斯法克斯省
Turkish:
Safakes , Tunus
Ukrainian:
Сфакс, Туніс
Urdu:
صفاقس
Vietnamese:
Tỉnh Sfax, Tunisia
Welsh:
Sfax, Tunisia
Zulu:
Sfax Governorate


Sfax (Arabic: ولاية صفاقس Wilāya Ṣafāqis; French: Gouvernorat de Sfax) is one of the governorates of Tunisia. The governorate has an area of 7,545 km². Its capital is Sfax. It is along the east coast of Tunisia, and includes the Kerkennah Islands.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfax_Governorate
Wikidata ID:Q241145
GeoNames ID:2467450


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