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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 | |
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Commune and town | |
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| Coordinates: 34°57′00″N 8°34′00″E / 34.95000°N 8.56667°E | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Kasserine Governorate |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 36,504 |
| • Ethnicities | Arab |
| • Religions | Islam |
| Time zone | UTC+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.
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edit- ^ Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
34°57′N 8°34′E / 34.950°N 8.567°E
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