Fernana

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Fernana
Commune and town
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CountryFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Governorate Jendouba Governorate
Population
 (2014)
  Total4,681
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)

Fernana is a town and commune in the Jendouba Governorate about 170 km from Tunis, Tunisia. In 2006 the municipal center of the commune had a population of 3,206. It is now estimated to more than 5,000 inhabitants. The whole commune has about 50,000 inhabitants (52,690 in 2006). [1] Most inhabitants work in agriculture, particularly in tobacco farming.

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References

  1. (in French) Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique) Archived 2020-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Faculté de Droit et de sciences Politiques de Tunis" (in French). Retrieved 29 November 2014.

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