Gabès is the capital of Gabès Governorate and the sixth-largest city in Tunisia, situated on the Mediterranean coast about 327 kilometers southeast of Tunis, with a population of 167,863 recorded in the 2014 census. Known to the Carthaginians as Tacapae and later held by Rome, the city was revived after the seventh-century Arab conquest by a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and grew substantially under French administration between 1881 and 1955, when it gained railways and port infrastructure; during the Second World War it served as headquarters for the German Afrika Korps until its recapture in 1943. Gabès functions today as a commercial hub and oasis whose economy spans fishing, agriculture, textiles, cement, brick manufacturing and petrochemicals.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude33.881389 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Gabès (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 116,323 (2004)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 33.881389, longitude 10.098333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 116323 (2004)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Gabès - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 9 m
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.75, 10.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.75, 10.25
33.75 10.25 BWh
4. GeoNames: Gabès - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2468369Quote, cities500 record 2468369
33.88146 10.0982 P PPLA TN 29 110075 9 Africa/Tunis
Gabès (Wikipedia)
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