El Mourouj (Arabic: المروج, romanized: el-Murūj) is a town and commune in the southern suburbs of Tunis in the Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia.

It has 120,732 inhabitants as of 2022, compared to 81,986 in 2004, making it the most populous commune in the Ben Arous Governorate.

[3] The town was built in the 1980s to absorb and organize the growth of population, it had been planned since 1977 and intended to accommodate 130,000 inhabitants.

A metro line, connecting El Mourouj to Tunis and consisting of 16 stations,[10] was inaugurated on November 12, 2008, after three years of construction.

A delay was caused by land disputes resulting from expropriation for public utility purposes.