Bir El Hafey

Bir El Hafey
بئر الحفي
Commune and town
Bir Lihfey-edit.
Nickname: 
l'hafey
Interactive map of Bir El Hafey
CountryTunisia
GovernorateSidi Bouzid Governorate
Government
 • MayorMarouan Arfaoui (People’s Movement)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
6,498
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Postal code
9113

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.

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.