Bir El Hafey

Bir El Hafey
بئر الحفي
Commune and town
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Nickname: 
l'hafey
CountryTunisia
GovernorateSidi Bouzid Governorate
Government
 • MayorMarouan Arfaoui (People’s Movement)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total6,498
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Bir El Hafey (Arabic: بئر الحفي) is a town and commune located at 34°55′48″N 9°12′00″E in the Sidi Bouzid Governorate, in Tunisia (Maghreb, North Africa). As of 2004 it had a population of 6,405.[1]

Bir El Hafey is located about thirty kilometers south of Sidi Bouzid, in the southern foothills of the Tunisian ridge. Attached to the governorate of Sidi Bouzid, it is a municipality with 6,475 inhabitants in 2014. It is also the capital of a delegation.

It is in crossroads position on the Kairouan-Gafsa axis because crossed by the RN3 while being connected to Sidi Bouzid, the chief town of the governorate.