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Tunisia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Tunisia had an estimated population of 10,116,314 in 2005, with 257 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Tunisia today — population now 11,565,204, against 10,116,314 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Tunis1,971,938

Cities and towns, 2005

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)
1TunisTunis693,210
2ŞafāqisŞafāqis277,278
3AryānahAryānah237,395
4at-Tad̨āman Dawwār HīšarAryānah202,654
5SūsahSūsah164,123
6al-Qayrawānal-Qayrawān119,794
7BinzartBinzart115,268
8QābisQābis110,075
9al-Qaşraynal-Qaşrayn81,987
10QafşahQafşah81,232
11H̨alq-al-WādīTunis79,795
12JarjīsMadanīyīn79,316
13Bin ʿArūsBin ʿArūs78,233
14BārdawTunis74,023
15al-MurūjBin ʿArūs66,717
16Mūh̨ammadiyat FušānahBin ʿArūs66,593
17al-MarsāTunis65,640
18MasākinSūsah64,563
19MadanīyīnMadanīyīn64,267
20al-Munastīral-Munastīr64,222
21Jarbah H̨awmat-as-SūqMadanīyīn62,583
22TaţāwīnTaţāwīn62,577
23NābulNābul60,192
24BājahBājah57,233
25al-H̨ammāmātNābul53,733
26JundūbahJundūbah51,408
27al-Muknīnal-Munastīr49,773
28Jarbah MīdūnMadanīyīn48,604
29al-Kāfal-Kāf47,979
30H̨ammām-al-AnifBin ʿArūs47,760
31Wādī al-LaylAryānah47,101
32Manzil Bū RuqaybahBinzart46,245
33al-Qalʿat-al-KabīrahSūsah45,968
34al-Mahdīyahal-Mahdīyah44,349
35RādisBin ʿArūs44,298
36Sāqiyat-az-ZaytŞafāqis42,320
37Sīdī Bū ZaydSīdī Bū Zayd42,098
38al-MitlawīQafşah41,899
39Jammālal-Munastīr39,990
40Qaşr Hallālal-Munastīr39,792
41al-ʿAynŞafāqis37,683
42QalībīyahNābul37,223
43al-H̨āmmahQābis36,458
44Sāqiyat-ad-DāirŞafāqis35,886
45TawzarTawzar34,943
46Manzil TamīmNābul34,768
47az-ZahrāʿBin ʿArūs34,367
48Dār ŠaʿbānNābul33,953
49H̨ammām SūsahSūsah33,834
50QarmadahŞafāqis33,744
51QurbahNābul33,589
52MurnaqBin ʿArūs33,421
53Ţabulbahal-Munastīr31,708
54MaqrīnBin ʿArūs31,290
55MāţirBinzart31,005
56ar-RudayyifQafşah30,048
57al-QaşrQafşah28,714
58DūzQibilī28,127
59Quşūr-as-Sāfal-Mahdīyah27,936
60Umm-al-ʿArāisQafşah27,109
61SilyānahSilyānah26,960
62ad-DandānAryānah26,795
63al-JadīdahAryānah26,171
64ŢaburbahAryānah26,012
65SulaymānNābul25,634
66Jarbah AjīmMadanīyīn25,231
67ManūbahManūbah24,948
68TīnahŞafāqis24,630
69Rās-al-JabalBinzart24,511
70Bū Mahal-al-BassātīnBin ʿArūs23,558
71Firyānahal-Qaşrayn23,230
72al-Qalʿat-aş-ŞaġīrahSūsah22,946
73aš-Šayh̨iyahŞafāqis22,726
74H̨ammām-aš-ŠuţBin ʿArūs22,047
75NafţahTawzar21,720
76aš-Šābbahal-Mahdīyah21,559
77Manzil JamīlBinzart21,542
78Subayţilahal-Qaşrayn21,539
79Sūq-al-Ah̨adQibilī21,295
80ĠannūšQābis21,260
81TāklisahNābul20,659
82Bū SālimJundūbah20,310
83Majāz-al-BābBājah20,118
84al-Jammal-Mahdīyah20,029
85AkkūdahSūsah20,027
86QibilīQibilī19,875
87Ġār-ad-DimāʿJundūbah19,577
88QurunbālīyahNābul18,965
89Tājarwīnal-Kāf18,909
90TīnjahBinzart18,551
91al-Wardānīnal-Munastīr18,287
92al-Fah̨şZaġwān18,083
93Banī HiyārNābul18,011
94Zaramīdinal-Munastīr17,178
95CarthagoTunis17,081
96Qalʿat-al-AndalusAryānah17,062
97ZaġwānZaġwān16,911
98QarqannahŞafāqis16,323
99al-Mah̨rasŞafāqis16,280
100Manzil Bū ZalafahNābul16,231
101al-ʿĀliyahBinzart16,083
102Tālahal-Qaşrayn16,068
103al-Baqāliţahal-Munastīr15,937
104Manzil ʿAbd-ar-Rah̨mānBinzart15,769
105al-QaţārQafşah15,686
106ad-Dahmānīal-Kāf15,243
107al-Jarīşşahal-Kāf14,564
108MakṯarSilyānah14,500
109āl-MīknassiSīdī Bū Zayd14,189
110al-Mad̨īlahQafşah14,018
111Sāh̨ilīn Maʿatmaral-Munastīr13,806
112ĠumrassinTaţāwīn13,753
113Şayyādahal-Munastīr13,718
114ŢabarqahJundūbah13,712
115TastūrBājah13,708
116al-MurnāqiyahAryānah13,659
117Saninī an-Nah̨ālQābis13,417
118Bin QirdanMadanīyīn13,364
119TabursuqBājah12,727
120Banblat wal-Manārahal-Munastīr12,367
121Banān Būd̨aral-Munastīr12,279
122Bū ʿArādahSilyānah12,158
123az-ZuhūrSūsah11,588
124Qūşaybat-al-Madyunīal-Munastīr11,313
125Banī H̱allādNābul11,300
126Manzil H̨ayāhal-Munastīr11,093
127as-Sarsal-Kāf10,979
128MāraṯQābis10,885
129Hājib-al-ʿAyūnal-Qayrawān10,743
130al-HuwārīyahNābul10,678
131an-Nafīd̨ahSūsah10,648
132QaʿafūrSilyānah10,556
133al-MaţwiyahQābis10,250
134al-Waslātiyahal-Qayrawān10,102
135Bū ʿŪrqubNābul10,024
136H̱unaysal-Munastīr10,005
137WađrafQābis9,333
138Manzil Nūral-Munastīr9,325
139RafrāfBinzart9,255
140Sīdī ṮābitAryānah9,212
141aş-ŞuẖayrahŞafāqis9,211
142Rajīšal-Mahdīyah8,934
143Sīdī Bū ʿAlīSūsah8,855
144Zāwiyat SūsahSūsah8,789
145Bīʿr-al-Ah̨marTaţāwīn8,497
146az-ZarībahZaġwān8,478
147Manzil Kāmilal-Munastīr8,314
148ʿAqāribŞafāqis8,264
149H̨ammām-al-AġzāzNābul8,159
150Banī H̨assānal-Munastīr8,139
151DaqāšTawzar8,134
152Quşaybat-aṯ-ṮurayātSūsah8,122
153as-SanadQafşah7,859
154al-MaʿqūlahBājah7,779
155H̨affūzal-Qayrawān7,765
156al-KarībSilyānah7,691
157Bū FīšahSūsah7,630
158al-MātlīnBinzart7,602
159al-Barādiʿahal-Mahdīyah7,522
160JabinyānahŞafāqis7,349
161TāzirkahNābul7,280
162al-QalʿahQibilī7,189
163ʿAyn DarāhimJundūbah7,094
164as-Subayẖahal-Qayrawān7,062
165Sīdī ʿUlwanal-Mahdīyah7,051
166al-MaʿmūrahNābul6,969
167HarqalahSūsah6,942
168al-MasāʿdīnSūsah6,931
169ʿAmīrat-al-H̨ajjājal-Munastīr6,711
170ār-RiqabSīdī Bū Zayd6,702
171Maţmāţat-al-JadīdahQābis6,677
172al-H̱alīdīyahBin ʿArūs6,605
173H̨āmmat-al-JarīdTawzar6,592
174Zāwiyat-al-JadīdīNābul6,583
175aş-ŞamaʿahNābul6,529
176Sīdī ʿAlī Bin ʿAwnSīdī Bū Zayd6,515
177Bīʿr MašāriqahZaġwān6,445
178Sāqiyat Sīdī Yūssufal-Kāf6,442
179Mallūlašal-Mahdīyah6,441
180Šurbānal-Mahdīyah6,430
181al-H̨anašahŞafāqis6,402
182Sabībahal-Qaşrayn6,291
183JamnahQibilī6,254
184NafzahBājah6,113
185Ţūzahal-Munastīr6,085
186al-BaţţānAryānah6,047
187Būhajlahal-Qayrawān6,007
188Naşr Allāhal-Qayrawān5,999
189Sīdī ʿĀmaraal-Munastīr5,942
190Burj-al-ʿĀmrīAryānah5,786
191Karkaral-Mahdīyah5,703
192JilmahSīdī Bū Zayd5,647
193Qalʿat-as-Sānanal-Kāf5,601
194al-MazzūnahSīdī Bū Zayd5,564
195Talābatal-Qaşrayn5,461
196Awlād aš-Šāmaẖal-Mahdīyah5,403
197Sīdī Bū SaʿīdTunis5,401
198Zahrat MadinaBājah5,397
199Lamţahal-Munastīr5,382
200AzimūrNābul5,285
201Ġār-al-Milh̨Binzart5,260
202az-Zar_atQābis5,208
203as-Sāwasīal-Mahdīyah5,179
204ʿAmīrat-aţ-Ţawāzarahal-Munastīr5,173
205al-Qūşural-Kāf5,034
206Bīʿr-al-H̨ufayySīdī Bū Zayd5,016
207SajanānBinzart5,009
208Būmirdasal-Mahdīyah4,986
209Ġanādahal-Munastīr4,975
210Zāwiyaţ Quntašal-Munastīr4,975
211Fūssānahal-Qaşrayn4,967
212Manzil Bū ZayyānSīdī Bū Zayd4,912
213Mājal Bāl ʿAbbāsal-Qaşrayn4,904
214Bīʿr Alī Bin H̱alīfahŞafāqis4,864
215Manzil H̨urrNābul4,717
216BarqūSilyānah4,703
217ĐahībahTaţāwīn4,700
218Dār ʿAlūšNābul4,546
219ān-Naz̨ūrZaġwān4,476
220ʿAmīrat-al-Fah̨ūlal-Munastīr4,437
221RimadāhTaţāwīn4,322
222Bū H̨ajjaral-Munastīr4,250
223ar-RawhiyahSilyānah4,231
224Bū RuwīsSilyānah4,097
225aš-Šarāhīlal-Munastīr4,075
226Sīdī Bin Nūral-Munastīr4,042
227ʿAwsajahBinzart3,775
228Jadliyānal-Qaşrayn3,749
229al-MīddahNābul3,602
230Banī H̱addāšMadanīyīn3,588
231QurbuşNābul3,581
232Manzil Mahīdīal-Qayrawān3,567
233Habīrahal-Mahdīyah3,445
234al-Qalʿat-al-H̱aşbāʿal-Kāf3,433
235Nibbaral-Kāf3,393
236al-Maşdūral-Munastīr3,372
237QuballāţBājah3,353
238H̨aydrahal-Qaşrayn3,172
239at-Tawīrafal-Kāf3,069
240Manzil Fārsīal-Munastīr3,042
241al-ʿAlāal-Qayrawān2,957
242Manzil Sālimal-Kāf2,856
243Manzil ŠākirŞafāqis2,851
244Sīdī āl-HanīSūsah2,820
245Jabal-al-WusţZaġwān2,791
246al-ʿArūsahSilyānah2,742
247TamaġzahTawzar2,715
248KasraSilyānah2,598
249aš-Šabīkahal-Qayrawān2,554
250Awlād H̨affūzSīdī Bū Zayd2,441
251SabālahSīdī Bū Zayd2,420
252Maţmāţat-al-QadīmahQābis2,406
253Wādī MalīzJundūbah2,148
254FirnānahJundūbah1,962
255ʿAyn Jalūlahal-Qayrawān1,954
256aš-Šarārdahal-Qayrawān1,758
257Banī MaţīrJundūbah898

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Tunis939,565
2Şafāqis869,530
3Nābul677,770
4al-Qayrawān582,427
5Binzart542,092
6Sūsah537,839
7Bin ʿArūs501,924
8al-Munastīr453,601
9Madanīyīn447,399
10Jundūbah438,722
11al-Qaşrayn437,190
12Sīdī Bū Zayd412,538
13Aryānah412,360
14al-Mahdīyah391,808
15Qābis346,141
16Manūbah345,484
17Qafşah341,647
18Bājah324,556
19al-Kāf284,196
20Silyānah262,365
21Zaġwān162,288
22Taţāwīn154,521
23Qibilī148,621
24Tawzar101,730

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.