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Physical geography. 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 ...
Tunisia is home to Africa's northernmost point, Cape Angela. Located on the northeastern coast, Tunis is the capital and largest city of the country, which is itself named after Tunis. The official language of Tunisia is Modern Standard Arabic. The vast majority of Tunisia's population is Arab and Muslim.
Tunisia is the smallest of the nations situated along the Atlas Mountains. The south of the country is composed of the Sahara desert, with much of the remainder consisting of particularly fertile soil and 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) of coastline. In ancient times, Tunisia was the home of the famous Phoenician city of Carthage.
By 2006 the situation had improved so the site was removed from the endangered list. [4] The first three sites were listed in 1979 and the most recent, Djerba, in 2023. [3] In addition, Tunisia has 16 sites on the tentative list. [3] The country has served on the World Heritage Committee four times. [3]
Map of Tunisia. Tunis, Capital of Tunisia. Sfax City Centre. Skyline of Sousse. Central Kairouan. This is the list of 350 cities and towns in Tunisia. In the list by governorate, capitals are shown in bold.
Flag of the Ottoman Tunisia. A 5 horizontal striped banner with 2 blue strip, 2 red and 1 green. The right edge of the flag is partially scalloped. 1827–1881. Flag of the Beylik of Tunis. A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent. 1827–1881.
ISO 3166-2:TN is the entry for Tunisia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Tunisia, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 24 ...
Politics of Tunisia. Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates (wilayat, sing. wilayah). This term in Arabic can also be translated as province. The governorates are divided into 264 delegations (mutamadiyat), and further subdivided into municipalities (baladiyat), [1] and sectors (imadats). [2] Tunisia is divided into 6 regions. [3]