Gabès Govrenorate

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Location o Gabès Governorate

Gabès Governorate (Arabic: ولاية قابس‎) is ane o the twintie-fower governorates (provinces) o Tunisie. It is locatit in sooth-eastren Tunisie. It covers an aurie o 7,175 square kilometres (2,770 sq mi) an haes a population o 343,000 (2004 census). The caipital is Gabès.

Geography[eedit | eedit soorce]

The governorate o Gabès is locatit in sootheast Tunisie on the coast o the Gulf o Gabès, 376 km sooth o the caipital, Tunis.

It haes some sma ceeties, sic as:

Gabès haes a het Mediterranean wather. Gabès affers five contrastin landscapes: the beach, the mountains, the desert, sma forest, oasis.

Tourism[eedit | eedit soorce]

The maist famous tourist site in Gabès govrenorate is Matmata. Matmata is ane o the rare ceeties in the warld that is still in its oreeginal state. Gabès is famous for its muntains an naitural places.