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New Matmata
Gabèstown
Total population
30,000
Demographic figures from INS Tunisia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
New Matmata, a town in Gabès, Tunisia, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Around 30,000 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. Its coordinates of 33.669°, 10.014° place it in the warm-temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,948 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 76% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm summers and cool winters. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves27
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae A.E.Brehm, 1857 · Aves24
- House BuntingEmberiza sahari J.Levaillant, 1850 · Aves20
- Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves13
- Rock PigeonColumba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves8
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820) · Aves8
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti (Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves7
- Common RavenCorvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves6
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.2 — 2026-01-1312 km WSW of Mezzouna, Tunisia
- M 4.4 — 2025-04-0924 km WSW of Mezzouna, Tunisia
- M 4.1 — 2022-09-0821 km N of Skhira, Tunisia
- M 5.1 — 2018-05-2123 km SSW of Mezzouna, Tunisia
- M 4.2 — 2008-05-2944 km NNE of Kebili, Tunisia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Gabès
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org