Sened ( ') is a commune and small town in central
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
in
Gafsa Governorate
Gafsa Governorate ( '; ) is one of the 24 Governorates of Tunisia, governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in central Tunisia, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 7807 km2 and has a population of 337,331 (2014 census).Berber language
The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight, are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related but mostly mutually unintelligible languages spoken by Berber communities, who ar ...
(
Sened) that was spoken there and at the nearby town of
Tmagourt until the mid-twentieth century. At the 2014 census it had a population of 9,581.
[Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)]
In 1911, the whole town spoke Berber; by 1968, only the elderly did.
Population
References
Communes of Tunisia
Populated places in Gafsa Governorate
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