The surface of the town is about 2445 Hectares. It covers the whole delegation of ETTADHAMEN and a big part of the delegation of ELMNIHLA.

The towncounts 118 487 citizens in 26 034 homes (census 2004).
The number of lodgings is of about 28 700 (census 2004).
The township is endowed with an important school infrastructure:

22 primary schools
7 colleges
4 high schools
a polyvalent centre of vocational training.

It also counts an importantsanitary equipment:
1 regional hospital
2 centres for basic health
1 centre for family planning
1 private clinic
1 laboratory for medical analysis
20 practising physicians
16 pharmacies
and 13 Turkish baths (hammams).


The town has an importing commercial structure, it is equipped with a weekly market that opens every Sunday, 3 private markets, 3 hypermarkets, 2500 commercial stores, 80 coffees shops, 5 banking agencies.
The township also counts: 13 mosques which give a capacity per mosque for 9.114 people.

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