Sfax is a major port city in Tunisia, about 270 kilometers southeast of the capital Tunis, and capital of Sfax Governorate. Its population was about 342,000 at the 2022 census, with an urban population of about 660,000. Founded in AD 849 on the ruins of the ancient town of Taparura, Sfax is Tunisia's second most populous city after Tunis and its largest fishing port, with an economy built on phosphate processing, olive and nut processing and international trade.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Sfax (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, population
Sfax has a population of 341,999 (census 2022).
Infobox, Elevation
Elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Lead section, founding
The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate
Infobox, coordinates
34.74000°N 10.76000°E / 34.74000; 10.76000
- In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Sfax (Wikidata)
3. GeoNames: Sfax - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2467454
34.74056 10.76028 P PPLA TN 32 3451 345151 280566 8 Africa/Tunis
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 8 m
View the Source 4. 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 34.75, 10.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.75, 10.75
34.75 10.75 BSh
Wikidata: Sfax
Wikidata Q46325, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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