Created : June 1956

Geographic and demographic data

Area: 2669
Number of households (2004): 124,519 out of 2,185,839 nationwide
Number of inhabitants (2004): 544,413 out of 9,910,872 nationwide
Working population 15 and older (2004): 195,092 out of 3,328,560 nationwide
Working population 18-59 years old (2004): 184,510 out of 3,105,028 nationwide
People aged 15 and older who are actually employed (2004): 172,645 out of 2,854,690 nationwide
Breakdown of people actually employed, by sector - % - (2004):

Sector	%
Agriculture and fishing	5.2%
Manufacturing industries	28.1%
Mining and energy	0.6%
Administration	16.3%
Services	35.5%
Construction/public works	13.0%
Miscellaneous	1.3%
Total	100%

Breakdown of the population by delegation (RGPH 2004)

Delegation	Population
Sousse Medina	29,680
Sousse Jawhara	62,663
SousseRiadh	46,116
Sousse Sidi Abdelhamid	46,257
Zaouit- Ksibat thrayett	19,217
Hammam Sousse	34,685
M'saken	85,380
Sidi El Hani	11,614
Kondar	11,636
Enfidha	43,426
Boufiche	23,581
Sidi Bou Ali	17,606
Kalaa Kébira	51,196
Kalaa Sghira	27,726
Akouda	25,717
Hergla	7,913
Total	544,413
* 2004 Survey

Government Administration divisions:

• Delegations: 16
• Municipalities: 16
• Rural Councils: 8
• Imadats: 104

Climate

• Average temperature:

o winter: 12 to 18° C
o summer: 19 to 38° C

• Annual rainfall: from 170 to 540 mm /yr

Distance from the capital: 140 km

Richesses et potentialités

Improved living conditions (2005)  estimates (INS 2004)

• Electrification rate: 99.6% vs. 99.5% nationwide
• Rate of drinking water supply: 99.9% vs. 97.8% nationwide
• Rate of connection to drinking water: 97.6% vs. 84.8% nationwide
• Hook up to sanitation: 92.5% vs. 81.76% nationwide
• Number of telephone land lines per 100 inhabitants: 16 vs. 12.5 nationwide
• Number of mobile phone lines per 100 inhabitants: 76.1 vs. 68.2 nationwide
• Number of doctors per 1000 inhabitants: 690
• Number of hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants: 1548 (130 in private clinics)
• Number of inhabitants per post office: 12,400 vs. 10,000 nationwide

Agriculture (2005)

• Useable agricultural land: 220,000 hectares
• Area that can be cultivated: 170,000 hectares (including 75,000 hectares of olive trees and 11,800 hectares of irrigated land)
• Fishing ports: 2 (Sousse and Hergla)
• Fishing fleet:
  o Sardine boats: 1
  o Trawlers: 6
  o Coastal boats: 267, 156 of which are motorized
• Plans for a fish farm (in Hergla): 1
• Tuna fattening operations: 2 units
• Livestock (head)
  o Cattle: 7,480
  o Sheep: 168,500
  o Goats: 10,070
• Main agricultural products (in tons/year)
  o Fish: 4,072
  o Meat: 3,429
  o Poultry: 9,244
  o Milk: 22,410
  o Oil: 22,000
  o Tree crops: 10,460
  o Market garden crops: 110,139
  o Cereal crops: 56,365
• Hydraulic resources (m3)
  o 1 Dam: 21 million
  o Impounded ponds: 2.6 million
  o Hillside dams: 9.3 million
  o Borings: 119 (8.29 million)
  o Surface wells: 2,259 (13.88 million)

Industry (2005)

• Industrial zone: nine, of which one is currently under development
  • Sousse Sidi Abdelhamid I: (49 ha)
  • Sousse Sidi Abdelhamid II: (48 ha)
  • Kalaa Kebira I: (7 ha)
  • Kalaa Kébira II: (15 ha)
  • Enfidha I: (38 ha)
  • Enfidha II: (37 ha)
  • Bouficha:(18 ha)
  • Kondar: (14 ha)
  • Sidi El Hani: (30 ha being developed)

• Number of industrial companies: 524, of which 293 are export-oriented (employing a minimum of 10 people)
• Number of jobs in industry: 44,138 of which 29,670 are in export-oriented companies employing a minimum of 10 people

  Twinninge


Twinning between Sousse and:

• Liege (Belgium)
• Veneto (Italy)
• Tuscany (Italy)
• Pouilles (Italy)
• Alpes Maritimes (France)
• St peters Bourg (Russian federation)
• Hadrumette (Yemen)

  Collective facilities

School enrollment rate (2005-2006)

Level	Number of establishments	Number of students
General education (first cycle)	175	59,106
General education (2nd cycle secondary school)	65	58,663
Enseignement de métiers	7	1,371
Vocational training Private education - Primary school - Secondary school	10 10	1,578 3,372
Higher education	17	34,439

Health (2004)

• Public health establishments: 2
• Regional hospital in M’Saken
• District hospitals: 5 (Enfidha, Bouficha, K. Kebira, K. Sghira, Sidi Bouali)
• Primary health care complexes: 1
• Number of primary health care centers: 96
• Number of private polyclinics: 3
• Number of specialized private clinics (radiation therapy): 2
• Number of hospital beds: 1548, of which 130 are in private clinics

Culture (2005)

• Number of cultural centers: 8
• Number of public libraries: 25, two of which are mobile
• Number of open-air theaters: 4 (Sidi Dhaher, M’saken, Akouda, Kalaa Kebira)
• Number of museums: 2 (Sousse and Enfidha)
• Number of international, national, regional and local festivals: 27

Vocational training (2005-2006)

• Number of public centers belonging to the Tunisian Employment and Vocational Training Agency (ATEFP): 12, of which two are an apprenticeship center
  Capacity: 9,595
• Number of training schools: 3 [1 agriculture (150), 2 tourism (900)]
• Number of private centers: 108
  Capacity: 5,900

Tourism and leisure (2005)

Area	Number of hotels	Number of beds	Jobs
Sousse	67	19,938	7,975
El Kantaoui	38	18,647	7,459
Yassmine Hammamet	25	10,382	4,153
Total Gouvernorat	130	48,967	19,587

• Golf course: 1 (36 holes)
• Marina: 2 (Sousse Medine and Kantaoui)
• Spa therapy center: 5
• Number of casinos: 3
• Entertainment facilities: 24, four of which offer folklore 

Youth and sports (2004)

• Number of youth and cultural centers: 19, of which three are mobile
• Number of pre-schools: 273, of which 240 are private
• Number of soccer fields: 30, of which 18 are grass
• Number of rugby fields: 2, of which one is grass
• Number of private sports clubs: 42
• Number of covered public sporting facilities: 5

Basic infrastructure

Transport 

• Land (kilometers) 
  • Highways: 87
  • Highways being built: 13
  • National roads: 195
  • Regional roads: 114
  • Local roads: 181
  • Agricultural tracks: 500
• Maritime: Commercial port at Sousse and the Port of Hergla 
• Rail:
  • Line n°5 Tunis-Gabes
  • Line n°11(light metro) Sousse-Mahdia

  Targeted incentives


Law n° 93-120 promulgating the investment incentives code

Targeted incentives granted by the State in support of regional development

For the delegation of Sidi El Hani (ranked in the 1^st Group of zones being encouraged in the framework of regional development):

Investment premium: 8% of overall investment (exclusive of working capital), up to a ceiling of 320,000 TD
Premium in the form of State participation in expenditure for infrastructure: 25% of amounts committed by the company
Assumption of the employer’s contribution to the legally constituted social security system (CNSS): State assumption of a share of this contribution over five years
 

Year of State assumption	Share of State assumption
1st year	100%
2nd year	80%
3rd year	60%
4th year	40%
5th year	20%

For services linked to culture: setting up a theatrical company:
8% of the cost of the initiative, exclusive of the cost of land
For services linked to recreational activities: (- Recreational complexes for families and children – Residential and camping complexes – Amusement parks): 15% of the cost of the initiative, exclusive of the cost of land

  Useful addresses

Pépinière d’Entreprises « Sousse Tec »
Address : ISET de Sousse cité Erriadh 4023
Tel : (73) 304 920    Fax : (73) 304 921

Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques ISET Sousse
Address :  4023 Cité Erriadh
Tel : (73) 307 960    Fax : (73) 307 963

UTICA
Address :  Rue Chadly Khaznadar 4000 Sousse
Tel : (73) 224 171    Fax : (73) 225 468
E-mail : ur.sousse@utica.org.tn

Chambre de commerce
Address :  Rue Chadly Khaznadar 4000 Sousse
Tel : (73) 225 044    Fax : (73) 224 227
E-mail : ccis.sousse@planet.tn

CEPEX
Address :  Rue Alexandre Dumas 4000 Sousse
Tel : (73) 228 842    Fax : (73) 228 843

Direction régionale de contrôle des impôts
Address :  Avenue 3 Septembre 1934 4000 Sousse
Tel : (73) 230 611    Fax : (73) 230 700

Bureau régional douane
Address :  Avenue 3 Septembre 1934 4000 Sousse
Tel : (73) 235 215    Fax : (73) 235 200
E-mail :

Imprimerie Officielle
Address :  Cité CNRPS Ave de Rabat 4000 Sousse
Tel :  (73) 225 495   Fax : (73) 225 495

CETIME
Address :  Rue Ibn Jazzar Imm Rouatbi App N° 206 - 4000 sousse
Tel :  (73) 213 443   Fax : (73) 213 444
E-mail : baklouti.mongi@email.ati.tn

CTMCCV
Address :  Rte de Tunis Imm Trabelssi 4051 Khezama Ouest Sousse
Tel : (73) 240 988    Fax : (73) 240 988
E-mail : ctmccv@planet.tn

CNSS
Address :  12, Avenue de la République 4000 Sousse
Tel : (73) 224 040    Fax : (73) 229 444

Tribunal de 1ére Instance (Guichet du registre de Commerce)
Address :  Ave Tahar Sfar 4000 Sousse
Tel : (73) 221 400    Fax : (73) 226 704

Banque Centrale de Tunisie
Address :  Place Farhat Hached 4000 Sousse
Tel :  (73) 224 187   Fax : (73) 225 031

Centre sectoriel de formation en soudure, outillage & plasturgie de Sousse
Address :  Ettafala , 4029 Sousse
Tel : (73) 232 417    Fax : (73) 233 044
E-mail : directeur.csfsop@email.ati.tn

Direction régionale de l’emploi
Address :  Rue Constontine 4000 Sousse
Tel : (73) 221 600    Fax : (73) 221 601
E-mail : atie@email.ate.tn

Office national d’huile
Address :  Rte de M’saken Ave 15 Octobre 4000 Sousse
Tel : (73) 230 436    Fax : (73) 234 688

CRDA Sousse
Address :  Rue d’Algérie 4029 Sousse
Tel : (73) 225 355   Fax : (73) 227 830

Guichet unique de Douanes
Address :  Ave Hédi Nouira 4000 Sousse
Tel : (73) 222 010    Fax : (73) 222 010

 

For further information, contact:

Industrial Promotion Agency (API)
Sousse Regional Offices

Address: Bd de Rabat - Imm. CNRPS - BP 24 - 4059 Sousse 
Tel: (216) - 73 222 404  
Fax: (216) - 73 227 809 

e-mail: dr.sousse@api.com.tn

Last updated : November 18, 2009

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