Tunisia

Tunisia

country, sovereign state, republic, Mediterranean country

Part of	North Africa, European Union tax haven blacklist
Year dem found am	20 March 1956
Ethnic group	Arabs
Dey archive for	National Archives of Tunisia
Dem name after	Tunis
Official language	Arabic
Anthem	Humat Al Hima
Culture	culture of Tunisia
Motto text	حرية، كرامة، عدالة، نظام, Rhyddid, urddas, cyfiawnder, a threfn
Continent	Africa
Country	Tunisia
Capital	Tunis
Located in time zone	UTC+01:00, Central European Time, UTC+02:00, Africa/Tunis
Located in or next to body of water	Mediterranean Sea
Coordinate location	34°0′0″N 10°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	33°10′1″N 11°33′42″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	37°33′0″N 8°57′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	30°13′41″N 9°33′23″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	33°47′54″N 7°31′32″E
Highest point	Jebel ech Chambi
Lowest point	Shatt al Gharsah
Government ein basic form	parliamentary republic, semi-presidential system
Office held by head of state	President of Tunisia
State ein head	Kais Saied
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Tunisia
Government ein head	Sarra Zaafrani
Executive body	Government of Tunisia
Legislative body	Assembly of the Representatives of the People
Central bank	Central Bank of Tunisia
Currency	Tunisian dinar
Twinned administrative body	Seto
Dey share bother plus	Libya, Algeria
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Type E
Visitor center	Tunisian National Tourist Office
Dey follow	Beylik of Tunis
Dey replace	French protectorate of Tunisia
Significant event	Tunisian independence
Award e receive	The Economist country of the year
Hashtag	Tunisia
Top-level Internet domain	.tn
Flag	flag of Tunisia
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Tunisia
Geography of topic	geography of Tunisia
Get characteristic	free country
History of topic	history of Tunisia
Railway traffic side	left
Economy of topic	economy of Tunisia
Demographics of topic	demographics of Tunisia
Madhhab	Malikism
OpenStreetMap zoom level	6
Mobile country code	605
Country calling code	+216
Trunk prefix	00
Emergency phone number	190, 198, 193, 197
GS1 country code	619
Licence plate code	TN
Maritime identification digits	672
Unicode character	🇹🇳
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Tunisia

Tunisia, officially de Republic of Tunisia, be country insyd de Maghreb region of North Africa. Ebe bordered by Algeria to de west den southwest, Libya to de southeast, den de Mediterranean Sea to de north den east. Tunisia sanso dey share maritime borders plus Italy thru de islands of Sicily den Sardinia to de north den Malta to de east. E dey feature de archaeological sites of Carthage wey dey date back to de 9th century BC, as well as de Great Mosque of Kairouan. Dem know am for ein ancient architecture, souks, den blue coasts, e dey cover 163,610 km² (63,170 sq mi), wey e get a population of 12.1 million. E dey contain de eastern end of de Atlas Mountains den de northern reaches of de Sahara desert; much of ein territory wey remain be arable land. Ein 1,300 km (810 mi) of coastline dey include de African conjunction of de western den eastern parts of de Mediterranean Basin. Tunisia be home to Africa ein northernmost point, Cape Angela. E dey locate on de northeastern coast, Tunis be de capital den largest city of de country, wich dem name einself after Tunis. De official language of Tunisia be Modern Standard Arabic. De vast majority of Tunisia ein population be Arab den Muslim. Vernacular Tunisian Arabic be de most spoken, wey French sanso dey serve as an administrative den educational language insyd sam contexts, buh e get no official status.

Tunisia be well integrated into de international community. E be member of de United Nations, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, de Arab League, de Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, de African Union, de Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, de Non-Aligned Movement, de International Criminal Court, de Group of 77, among odas. E dey maintain close economic den political relations plus sam European countries, particularly plus France den Italy, secof dema geographical proximity. Tunisia sanso get association agreement plus de European Union wey e attain de status of a major non-NATO ally of de United States.

Government den politics

Administrative divisions

Map of Tunisia

Tunisia be subdivided into 24 governorates (Wilaya), wich dem further divide into 264 "delegations" anaa "districts" (mutamadiyat), den further subdivided into municipalities (baladiyats) den sectors (imadats).

Demographics

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Tunisia According to de 2014 Census
Rank	Name	Governorate	Pop.
1	Tunis	Tunis	1,066,961
2	Sfax	Sfax	330,440
3	Sousse	Sousse	271.428
4	Ettadhamen-Mnihla	Ariana	196,298
5	Kairouan	Kairouan	186,653
6	Gabès	Gabès	152,921
7	Bizerte	Bizerte	142,966
8	La Soukra	Ariana	129,693
9	Aryanah	Aryanah	114,486
10	Sakiet Eddaïer	Sfax	113,776

Read further

• Steel, Catherine (5 March 2013). The End of the Roman Republic 146 to 44 BC. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748629022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

External links

• Key Development Forecasts for Tunisia from International Futures

Government

• Tunisia Government Portal – gateway to government sites
• Presidency – official website of the president of Tunisia
• Prime Minister – official website of the prime minister of Tunisia
• Statistics – official website of National Institute of Statistics

History

• "History" – Tunisian History at National Heritage Institute

Tourism

• Discover Tunisia – Tunisia's official tourism portal

Maps

• Geographic data related to Tunisia at OpenStreetMap