Nabeul Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية نابل Wilāyat Nābil Tunisian pronunciation: [ˈnɛːbɪl]; French: Gouvernorat de Nabeul) is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in north-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 2,788 km² and has a population of 787,920 (2014 census).^[1] The capital is Nabeul.

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Nabeul ولاية نابل
Governorate
The center of Nabeul.
Map of Tunisia with Nabeul highlighted
Subdivisions of Nabeul Governorate
Coordinates: 36°45′N 10°45′E
Country	Tunisia
Created	21 June 1956
Capital	Nabeul
Government
• Governor	Sabeh Malek (since 2022)
Area
• Total	2,788 km2 (1,076 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 17th of 24
Population  (2014)
• Total	787,920
• Rank	Ranked 3rd of 24
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Postal prefix	xx
ISO 3166 code	TN-21

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Nabeul Governorate forms a peninsula which is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on three sides, with the exception of the south-west side where it is delimited by the three governorates of Zaghouan, Sousse and Ben Arous.

Nabeul, the main city of the governorate, was founded in the 5th century BC by the Greeks of Cyrene, serving as a trade port.^{[citation needed]} Its name is an Arabised form of the Greek Neapolis 'new city' (an etymology it shares with Naples, Neapoli, and Nablus).^{[citation needed]}

The governorate is divided into sixteen delegations (mutamadiyat), listed below with their populations at the 2004 and 2014 Censuses:^[2]

There are 24 municipalities (communes) within the Nabeul Governorate:

Nabeul has an arid climate with steppe precipitation and hot arid temperature.^[5]