Zaghouan Governorate ( Arabic : ولاية زغوان Wilāyat Zaghwān pronounced [zɑʁˈwe̞ːn] ; French : Gouvernorat de Zaghouan ) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia and is in north-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 2,768 square kilometres (1,069 sq mi) and its population was 176,945 at the 2014 census. The capital is the town of Zaghouan .
6-414: The area is roughly circular and lies above the low coastal plains ; it has a summit of 1,295 metres (4,249 ft) close to its centrally-located capital on the west side of the founding city. The summit sits on one of two north-east to south-west escarpments forming part of the dorsal Atlas Mountains commencing here close to the east coast and Tunisia's capital city, Tunis . The Oued Mellane drains
12-508: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Coastal plain A coastal plain (also coastal plains , coastal lowland , coastal lowlands ) is an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a sea coast. A fall line commonly marks the border between a coastal plain and an upland area. Some of the largest coastal plains are in Alaska and the southeastern United States . The Gulf Coastal Plain of North America extends northwards from
18-675: The Gulf of Mexico along the Lower Mississippi River to the Ohio River , which is a distance of about 981 miles (1,579 km). The Atlantic Coastal Plain runs from the New York Bight to Florida. Coastal plains can form in one of two ways. Some start as a continental shelf , a flat piece of land located below sea level, and are created when the ocean level falls, exposing the land. Others develop when river currents carry sediment into
24-556: The city of Kairouan , inland from Sousse , passes through the town of El Fahs in the west of the province. A railway passes through the same city leading to the mid-west of the country, which is in turn is connected back to the east coast. The governorate is divided into six delegations ( mutamadiyat ), listed below with their populations at the 2004 and 2014 Censuses: Six municipalities are in Zaghouan Governorate: This Tunisia location article
30-677: The ocean, which is deposited and builds up over time until it forms a coastal plain. The Coastal Plains of India lie on either side of the Deccan Plateau , along the western and eastern coasts of India. They extend for about 6,150 km from the Rann of Kutch in the west to West Bengal in the east. They are broadly divided into the Western Coastal Plains and the Eastern Coastal Plains . The two coastal plains meet at Kanyakumari ,
36-487: The west and north of the province, having risen in the province to the south-west Siliana and then discharging into the Gulf of Tunis in the southern contiguous districts to the capital city, in particular flowing through Ben Arous the governorate of which takes in land immediately due south of the city centre. As such Zaghouan has no coastline, however its climate remains warm Mediterranean , with significant winter and early spring rainfall. The main road from Tunis to
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