El Mourouj
El Mourouj | |
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Commune and town | |
View of Mourouj 1 | |
| Coordinates: 36°40′48″N 10°09′36″E / 36.68000°N 10.16000°E | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Governorate | Ben Arous Governorate |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.3 sq mi (21.5 km2) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 120,732 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
El Mourouj (Arabic: المروج, romanized: el-Murūj) is a town and commune in the southern suburbs of Tunis in the Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. It became a commune in 1991. It has 120,732 inhabitants as of 2022, compared to 81,986 in 2004, making it the most populous commune in the Ben Arous Governorate. It is the seat of El Mourouj Delegation. The delegation, divided into five districts (numbered 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6), has a main axis; the Avenue des Martyrs, which divides it into two parts from north to south. Exceptionally, El Mourouj 2 is part of Tunis Goveronorate.
The town was built in the 1980s to absorb and organize the growth of population, it had been planned since 1977 and intended to accommodate 130,000 inhabitants. The delegation was created on May 31, 1991.