Monastir benefits

Description

• Area: 1 024 km²
• Inhabitants : 539 400 ( in 2012)
• Demographic growth : 2.7 %

   

• Urbanization rate : 100 %
• Workforce : 141 700.

Administrative division

• Delegations : 13
• Municipalities : 31

Climate

• Average temperature  : from 13°C to 20° C;
• Annual rainfall : from 280 to 400 mm/year;

Distance

• Tunis : 162 km (90 mn highway drive)
• Sfax : 134 KM (60 mn highway drive)
• Sousse : 20 KM (20 mn nationale road )

Monastir city is considered as a known touristic destination. It provides touristic infrastructures and equipments : more than 50 hotels, leisure areas, marina, golf stations, museum. Besides, the city offers a favorable life environment for investors with a good quality and price value : accommodation, restaurants, shools,….

Monastir is also a historic city and includes historic monuments.

Road and railway networks

International airport of Monastir having a capacity of 3,5 million passengers per year

Metro line that connect Monastir to the bordering cities : Sousse and Mahdia.

Commercial port of sousse at 20 km from Monastir.

Developed telecommunication network

Monastir is highly urbanised (100 %) with 492 inhabitants/km2. This implies the availability of close labour resources to the industrial and services companies. Besides, skilled and qualified labor adressed to manufacturing and services industries are available. In particular, the University and R&D center trains more than 24.000 students per year in diffrent specialties. High education institutes :

• Science Faculty of Monastir
• National Engineering School of Monastir
• Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies of Monastir
• High Insitute of Technological Studies ISET Ksar Hellal (textile specialty)
• High Institute of Fashion of Monastir
• Medecine Faculty of Monastir
• Faculty of Dentistry Monastir
• Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir
• High Institute of Biotechnology of Monastir
• High Institute of Computer Science and Mathematics of Monastir
• High School of Science and Technology of Health of Monastir.

Besides academic institutions, 9 professional training centers provides each year more than 4055 graduates in 45 specialties.

• Learning training Centre of Monastir
• Sectoral Center for Crafts Wood of Monastir
• Clothing training Center of Monastir
• Learning training Centre of Ouardanine
• Sectoral Training Center of Textile of Ksar Helal
• Training Centre of Independent Work Promotion of Moknine
• Learning training Centre of Teboulba
• Professional training Center of clothing and hosiery of Bembla
• Professional Training Center of Craft Industries of Kheniss

In Monastir, the Industrial sector accounts for 713 industrial companies employing 66.422 people (12% of overall industries in Tunisia). The available industries are :

• Textile and clothing industry
• Macanic, metallurgic, electric and electronic industry
• Building materials, ceramics and glass industry
• Agrofood industry
• Chemical industry
• Other industries

The sector of textile, clothing, leather and shoes is the main sector in Monastir region : 549 companies in which 472 are totally exported companies and represent 25% of the sector at national level.

The location of neopark Monastir has the following caracteristics :

• Close to labour resource (within 7 km to the different bordering cities)
• Close to Monastir University, R&D and training institutions (2 engineering schools, research laboratories, technical institutes, professional training centers)
• Logistic facilities (close to Monastir airport and Sousse commercial port, network of roads from/to neotex, availability of transport)
• Industrial concentration in the region providing business opportunities (clients, suppliers…).

• Integrated and innovative concept
• Ecopark
• Proximity to employment supply and logistic facilities
• Customised solutions for location
• Availability of adapted equipments, facilities and park maintenance services
• One stop shop