Meknassy

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title: "Meknassy" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-of-tunisia", "populated-places-in-sidi-bouzid-governorate", "tunisia-geography-articles-needing-translation-from-french-wikipedia"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meknassy" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Meknassy
settlement_type	Commune and town
pushpin_label_position	bottom
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Tunisia
subdivision_type1	Governorate
subdivision_name1	Sidi Bouzid Governorate
unit_pref	Imperial
population_as_of	2014
population_total	14844
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
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|official_name =Meknassy |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type =Commune and town |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize= |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name =Tunisia |subdivision_type1 = Governorate |subdivision_name1 =Sidi Bouzid Governorate |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = 2014 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =14844 |population_density_km2 = |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = Meknassy ( ar), sometimes spelt Maknassy, is a town and commune in the Sidi Bou Zid Governorate, Tunisia. In 2004 it had a population of 13,742. It is in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid, 120 kilometers west of Sfax, and is a small administrative center (capital of delegation) and a marketing center for agricultural produce from the surrounding area, including fruit.

Its population is explained by the settling of Berber tribes (Confederation of Hammama) who nomadized in this steppe in the region.

The city is internationally known for breeding purebred Arabian horses and an annual festival of Arab thoroughbreds.

Geology

The Meknassy Basin features brittle structures linked to a deep, uneven geometry, forming alternating depressions and uplifts. The movement of Triassic evaporites (halokinesis) started in the Jurassic and persisted through the Cretaceous. Under extensional forces, salt migration influenced sediment deposition and the positioning of structures before compression. Later, during compressional deformation, the reworking of evaporites intensified the folding of uplifts. A detachment zone is present within the Triassic evaporites.

Population

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Homes	Families	Males	Females	Total
3475	3207	7484	7289	14773
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References

References

1. {{in lang. link. (19 January 2016)
2. Haji, Taoufik. (2014-08-01). "The role of inherited structures in the evolution of the Meknassy Basin, Central Tunisia, based on geological–geophysical transects". Journal of African Earth Sciences.
3. "التعداد العام للسكان والسكنى 2014".

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