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Tunisia is situated on the Mediterranean coast of Northwest Africa, midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nile Delta. It is bordered by Algeria on the west (965 km) and southwest and Libya on the south east (459 km). [135] It lies between latitudes 30° and 38°N, and longitudes 7° and 12°E.
Topographic map of Tunisia. Tunisia is on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nile Delta. It is bordered by Algeria on the west and Libya on the south east. It lies between latitudes 30° and 38°N, and longitudes 7° and 12°E. An abrupt southward turn of the Mediterranean coast in northern ...
Carthage[ a ] was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world. It became the capital city of the civilisation of Ancient Carthage and later Roman ...
Tunis (Arabic: تونسTūnis ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as " Grand Tunis ", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. As of 2020 [update], it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casablanca and Algiers) and the eleventh-largest in the Arab world.
Utica was founded as a port located on the trade route leading from Phoenicia to the Straits of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean, facilitating trade in commodities like tin. [8] The exact founding date of Utica is a matter of controversy. Several classical authors date its foundation to around 1100 BC.
Monastir, also called Mestir (Arabic: المنستيرMonastīr / Mestīr ⓘ, from the Greek μοναστήριον "hermit's cell, monastery "), is a city on the central coast of Tunisia, in the Sahel area, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Sousse and 162 kilometres (101 miles) south of Tunis. Traditionally a fishing port, Monastir is ...
November 14, 2023 at 7:33 PM. Google Maps makes AI updates. Google Maps — one of the most popular navigation applications in use today — has had a significant update, to create what will be a ...
The present day Republic of Tunisia, al-Jumhuriyyah at-Tunisiyyah, is situated in Northern Africa. Geographically situated between Libya to the east, Algeria to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the north. [1] Tunis is the capital and the largest city (population over 800,000); it is near the ancient site of the city of Carthage.