Fériana

Fériana (Arabic: فريانة) is a town and commune in the Kasserine Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 26,504.[1] It is 35 km from Kasserine and 75 from Gafsa.

Fériana
فريانة
Commune and town
Coordinates: 34°57′00″N 8°34′00″E
Country Tunisia
GovernorateKasserine Governorate
Population
 (2014)
 • Total36,504
 • Ethnicities
Arab
 • Religions
Islam
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Located in the southern part of the Tunisian ridge, at 745 meters of altitude, it is one of the highest cities of Tunisia. It has a semi-arid climate in cool winter and receives about 350 millimeters of rain per year. Vegetation is scarce except a few steppes of alfa (spartum lygum) and vestiges of an Aleppo pine forest.

See also

References
  1. Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

34°57′N 8°34′E

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