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The map clearly shows the circle sectors intersecting each other and the median line between Sicily and Tunisia The Italy–Tunisia Delimitation Agreement is a 1971 treaty between Italy and Tunisia in which the two countries agreed to delimit a maritime boundary between them in the continental shelf . [ 1 ]
The Strait of Sicily (also known as Sicilian Strait, Sicilian Channel, Channel of Sicily, Sicilian Narrows and Pantelleria Channel; Italian: Canale di Sicilia or the Stretto di Sicilia; Sicilian: Canali di Sicilia or Strittu di Sicilia, Arabic: مضيق صقلية Maḍīq Ṣiqillīyah or مضيق الوطن القبلي Maḍīq al-Waṭan al-Qiblī) is the strait between Sicily and Tunisia.
Tunisia, [a] officially the Republic of Tunisia, [b] [19] is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a part of the Maghreb region of North Africa , bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east.
Italian Tunisians (Italian: Italo-tunisini, or Italians of Tunisia) are Tunisian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Tunisia during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Tunisia.
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The following is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea . The basin is supposed to host more than 10,000 islands [ 1 ] , with 2,217 islands larger than 0.01 km 2 [ 2 ] .
It is the southernmost part of Italy and Italy's southernmost island. Tunisia , which is 113 kilometres (61 nautical miles) away, is the closest landfall to the islands. Sicily is farther at 205 kilometres ( 110 + 1 ⁄ 2 nautical miles), while Malta is 176 kilometres (95 nautical miles) east of Lampedusa.
This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies. The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries , the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies.
Historically, Italy and Tunisia are also linked on a cultural level, as migration and colonization during the 19th century brought large numbers of Italians to the North African country. The Italian presence supported the building of hospitals, schools, industries, small towns (the most famous being La Goulette ), newspapers, reviews and ...