North East Tunisia

North East Tunisia (Arabic: الشمال الشرقي التونسي) is one of the six geographic and economic regions of Tunisia. It consists of seven governorates: Bizerte, Tunis, Aryanah, Menouba, Ben Arous, Zaghouan and Nabeul. At the 2014 Census, the region had a population of 4,176,779.[1] That makes it the most populated region of the country and it has the highest density with 347 people per square kilometer.

Tunis is the hub city of the region and the capital of Tunisia

Geography

The North East region is located in the extreme north of the country and africa, Measuring an area of 12,032 km square most of its landscape are Flat Rich of agriculture activities, bounded to the west by the North West region Governorate of Béja, to the north and east by the Mediterranean Sea, and in the south with the Central East region. The region has a coastline length of nearly 227 km.

There are four national parks in the North East, three of them are entirely in the region and one is partially in it: Boukornine National Park is between the Tunis Governorate and Ben Arous Governorate, Ichkeul National Park in the Bizerte Governorate, Jebel Chitana-Cap Négro National Park between Bizerte Governorate and Béja Governorate and finally Zembra National Park which is an archipelago of Zembra island and Zembretta island in Nabeul Governorate.

  • Boukarnin National Park
  • Ichkiil National Park
  • Jbel Chitana Cap Negro
  • Zembra and Zembretta

Demographics

With 4,176,779[1] people, the North East is the most populated region in the country. The most populated governorates of the North East are:

GovernorateArea kilometer squarePopulation (2014)Population densityLargest town/city
Tunis[2]346 km21.056.2473,100/km2Tunis (638,845)
Nabeul2,788 km2787,920280/km2Hammamet (97,579)
Ben Arous761 km2631,842800/km2Mohamedia-Fouchana (106,167)
Ariana482 km2576,0881,200/km2Ettadhamen-Mnihla (196,298)
Bizerte3,750 km2568,219150/km2Bizerte (142,966)
Menouba1,137 km2379,518330/km2Douar Hicher (82,532)
Zaghouan2,768 km2176,94564/km2El Fahs (23,556)

Cities and towns

There are several cities and towns with populations that exceed 100,000. These are the 10 most populated cities:

CityPopulation (2014)Population density
Tunis638,8453,004 hab./km2
Ettadhamen-Mnihla196,2988,200 hab./km2
Bizerte142,9663,363 hab./km2
La Soukra129,693No data
Aryanah114,486636 hab./km2
Mohamedia-Fouchana106,167No data
El Mourouj104,5384,864 hab./km2
Hammamet97,5792,700 hab./km2
Raoued94,691No data
Douar Hicher82,532No data

Transportation

The region is linked through many networks of roads. National roads are the most used ones despite been Risky in winter. They pass many rivers and water dams and are often narrow with only two-way. Many national roads may be blocked due to flooding. Highways are considered to be the best choice of travelling, starting in Bizerte with A4 motorway reaching Tunis then stretching through A1 motorway passing Ben Arous, Zaghouan and Hammamet to finally get to Nabeul.

There is also a train connecting Bizerte to Tunis then stretched from Tunis to Hammamet but the trains are old and slow with a travel speed of about 65 km/h.

The Tunis–Carthage International Airport is the most important and busiest Tunisian airport. It is connected to other Tunisian airports through Tunisair Express.

There is also Métro léger de Tunis light metro rail in Tunis that covers the Grand Tunis area with a 43 kilometers of line and 67 stations. It has a capacity to carry more than 600,000 persons a day.

  • Tunis Hammamet Highway
  • A1 toll in Mornag at sunset
  • Tunis train station
  • Inside Tunis train station
  • An old Metro vehicle
  • Bidirectional Alstom Citadis 302 on Line 6 in June 2012
  • Tunis-Carthage International Airport
  • Carthage airport Terminal 2

References
  1. (in French) Census 2014 (National Institute of Statistics) Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/Tunisia-Cities.html
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