Ben Arous Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية بن عروس Wilāyat Bin ‘Arūs pronounced [bɪn.ʕæˈruːs]; French: Gouvernorat de Ben Arous) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the north-east of Tunisia and adjoins smaller Tunis Governorate. It covers an area of 761 km and had a population of 712,172 as at the 2019 census. The capital is Ben Arous.

The governorate is centred 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the capital and surrounded by the governorates of Tunis, Zaghouan, Manouba, and Nabeul. It has a short coastline, along the Gulf of Tunis to the northeast including the country's main commercial port, Radès.

The average temperature is between 6.8 °C and 17.9 °C, and annual rainfall is 275–515 millimeters.

Resources and production

Land use
Agricultural land	370 km (47% of total land)
Woodland	160 km
Transportation	40 km
Uncultivated	201 km
Livestock
Cattle	5 200
Sheep	28 000
Goats	4 000
Main produce (in metric tons per year)
Peaches	27 000
Apples and pairs	21 500
Grapes	41 500
Durum wheat, soft wheat and other types	2 420
Red meat	1 700
White meat	18 300
Milk	13 500
Eggs	167 million (total)
Abattoirs	4 (registered under Directive Plan of 2010)
Hydrological resources
River weirs/dams	1 (Oued El Hma)
Upland lakes	24
Upland weirs/dams	3
Main produce for export
Flowers	c. 12 million per year
Clams and shellfish landed	61 tonnes

Administratively, the governorate is divided into twelve delegations (mutamadiyat), eleven municipalities, six rural councils, and 75 sectors (imadas). The delegations and their populations from the 2004 and 2014 censuses, are listed below:

Delegation	Population in 2004	Population in 2014
Ben Arous	32,329	31,128
Bou Mhel El Bassatine	27,977	40,101
El Mourouj	81,986	104,538
Ezzahra	31,792	34,962
Fouchana	56,628	74,868
Hammam Chôtt	24,847	31,858
Hammam Lif	38,401	42,518
La Nouvelle Medina	42,603	57,194
Megrine	24,031	26,720
Mohamedia	46,613	66,439
Mornag	53,709	61,518
Radès	44,857	59,998

Eleven municipalities are in Ben Arous Governorate:

Code	Municipality	Population (2014)
1311	Ben Arous	88,322
1312	El Mourouj	104,586
1313	Hammam Lif	42,518
1314	Hammam Chott	31,810
1315	Bou Mhel el-Bassatine	40,101
1316	Ezzahra	34,962
1317	Radès	59,794
1318	Mégrine	26,924
1319	Mohamedia-Fouchana	106,167
1320	Mornag	30,058
1321	Khalidia	8,470