City profile · Tunisia · Africa
Sfax
City population
280,566
#2
in Tunisia
#1
in Sfax Governorate
#2,037
worldwide
34.741, 10.760 · 237 km from Tunis
About Sfax
Sfax is a city in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia with a population of 280,566. It is the 2nd largest of the 126 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Tunisia, and the 2,037th largest worldwide. It lies 237 km from Tunis.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 9
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Tunis
Coordinates
34.741, 10.760
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.