City profile · Tunisia · Africa
El Kef
Kef Governorate · Tunisia
City population
53,596
#47
in Tunisia
#1
in Kef Governorate
#10,708
worldwide
36.174, 8.705 · 149 km from Tunis
About El Kef
El Kef is a city in Kef Governorate, Tunisia with a population of 53,596. It is the 47th largest of the 126 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Tunisia, and the 10,708th largest worldwide. It lies 149 km from Tunis.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Kef Governorate
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
627 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Tunis
Coordinates
36.174, 8.705
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 126 in TunisiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.