Tunisia officially the Tunisian Republic ( al-Jumhūriyya at-Tūnisiyya), is the northernmost

North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...

 country in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 situated on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

. Tunisia is the smallest of the nations situated along the Atlas mountain

Atlas Mountains

The Atlas Mountains is a mountain range across a northern stretch of Africa extending about through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The highest peak is Toubkal, with an elevation of in southwestern Morocco. The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert...

 range. The south of the country is composed of the Sahara desert, with much of the remainder consisting of particularly fertile soil and 1300 kilometres (807.8 mi) of coastline. In ancient times, Tunisia was the home of the famous Phoenicia

Phoenicia

Phoenicia , was an ancient civilization in Canaan which covered most of the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent. Several major Phoenician cities were built on the coastline of the Mediterranean. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550...

n city of Carthage

Carthage

Carthage , implying it was a 'new Tyre') is a major urban centre that has existed for nearly 3,000 years on the Gulf of Tunis, developing from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC...

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tunisia:

General reference

• Common English country name: Tunisia
  Tunisia
  Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
  
  
• Official English country name: The Tunisian Republic
• Adjectival(s): Tunisian
  Tunisian
  Tunisian refer to anything of or relating to Tunisia. It may also refer to:*Tunisian Arabic*Tunisian people*Cuisine of Tunisia...
  
  
• Etymology: Name of Tunisia
• International rankings of Tunisia
  International rankings of Tunisia
  The following are international rankings of Tunisia.-Demographics:*United Nations: Population, ranked 79 out of 223 countries*CIA World Factbook: Urbanization ranked 67 out of 193 countries-Economy:...
  
  
• ISO country codes: TN, TUN, 788
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:TN
  ISO 3166-2:TN
  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 , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Tunisia, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
  
• Internet country code top-level domain: .tn
  .tn
  .tn is the Internet country code top-level domain for Tunisia.-Second-level domains:Registrations can be made directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath these names:* .com.tn* .ens.tn* .fin.tn* .gov.tn* .ind.tn* .intl.tn...
  
  

Geography of Tunisia

• Tunisia is: a country
• Location
  • Tunisia is situated within the following regions:
    • Northern Hemisphere
      Northern Hemisphere
      The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
      
       and Eastern Hemisphere
      Eastern Hemisphere
      The Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. It is also used to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia, vis-à-vis the Western Hemisphere, which includes...
      
      
    • Africa
      Africa
      Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
      
      
      • Sahara Desert
        Sahara
        The Sahara is the world's second largest desert, after Antarctica. At over , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as Europe or the United States. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean...
        
        
      • North Africa
        North Africa
        North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
        
        
        • Maghreb
          Maghreb
          The Maghreb is the region of Northwest Africa, west of Egypt. It includes five countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara...
          
          
  • Time zone
    Time zone
    A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
    
    : UTC+01
  • Extreme points of Tunisia
    • High: Jebel ech Chambi
      Jebel ech Chambi
      Jebel ech Chambi is the highest mountain in Tunisia at 1544m. It stands above the city of Kasserine in western central Tunisia and is covered by a pine forest....
      
       1544 m (5,066 ft)
    • Low: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
  • Land boundaries: 1,424 km

 Algeria 965 km

 Libya 459 km

• Coastline: Mediterranean Sea
  Mediterranean Sea
  The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
  
   1,148 km
• Population of Tunisia: 10,327,000  – 79th most populous country
• Area of Tunisia: 163610 km²
• Atlas of Tunisia

Environment of Tunisia

• Climate of Tunisia
• Environmental issues in Tunisia
• Ecoregions in Tunisia
• Renewable energy in Tunisia
• Geology of Tunisia
• Protected areas of Tunisia
  • Biosphere reserves in Tunisia
  • National parks of Tunisia
• Wildlife of Tunisia
  Wildlife of Tunisia
  The wildlife of Tunisia is composed of its flora and fauna. It has 84 species of mammals and 375 species of birds. Tunisia is well documented for its addax and Dama Gazelle population.-References:...
  
  
  • Flora of Tunisia
  • Fauna of Tunisia
    • Birds of Tunisia
    • Mammals of Tunisia

Natural geographic features of Tunisia

• Cap Bon
  Cap Bon
  Cap Bon , also Watan el-kibli, is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia. It is located at around . It is surrounded by the Gulf of Tunis in the north. Towns located on the peninsula include Nabeul, Kelibia and Menzel Temime. The ruins of the Punic town Kerkouane are located here....
  
   (also known as Sharik Peninsula)
• Ras ben Sakka
  Ras ben Sakka
  Ras ben Sakka is the northernmost point of the African continent, located in Tunisia. It is located at 37°21' N., just 950 meters west of Cap Blanc , which is often mentioned as the northern tip of Africa, and reaching more than 30 meters further north than the latter.-References:...
  
   (northernmost point of Africa
  Africa
  Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
  
  )
• Strait of Sicily
  Strait of Sicily
  The Strait of Sicily is the strait between Sicily and Tunisia. It is about wide and divides the Tyrrhenian Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea from the eastern Mediterranean. Its maximum depth is ....
  
  
• World Heritage Sites in Tunisia

Gulfs of Tunisia

• Gulf of Gabès
  Gulf of Gabès
  The Gulf of Gabès is a gulf on Tunisia's east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, off North Africa. The gulf roughly spans the coast from modern day the town of Mahrès in Sfax Gouvernorate to Djerba...
  
  
• Gulf of Hammamet
  Gulf of Hammamet
  Gulf of Hammamet is a large gulf in northeastern Tunisia. It is located at around , south of the Cap Bon peninsula. To the other side of the Cape Bon Peninsula is the Gulf of Tunis. Hammamet, popular vacation resort city lies at the northwestern edge of the gulf....
  
  
• Gulf of Tunis
  Gulf of Tunis
  Gulf of Tunis is a large gulf in northeastern Tunisia. It is located at around . Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia, lies at the southern edge of the Gulf, as have a series of settled places over the last three millennia....
  
  

Islands of Tunisia

• Djerba
  Djerba
  Djerba , also transliterated as Jerba or Jarbah, is, at 514 km², the largest island of North Africa, located in the Gulf of Gabes, off the coast of Tunisia.-Description:...
  
  
• Galite Islands
  Galite Islands
  The Galite Islands are a rocky group of islands of volcanic origin that belong to Bizerte Governorate, northern Tunisia...
  
  
• Kerkennah Islands
  Kerkennah Islands
  Kerkennah Islands are a group of islands lying off the east coast of Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabes, at . The Islands are low-lying being no more than 13 metres above sea level. The main islands are Chergui and Gharbi. The archipelago has an area of 160 km2 and a population of 14,400...
  
  
  • Chergui
    Chergui
    Chergui is the largest of the Kerkennah Islands off the north coast of Tunisia. The name means "Easterner" in Arabic. The main town is Remla. The island has an area of 110 km2. The second largest island of the group, Gharbi, means "Westerner" in Arabic....
    
    
  • Gharbi
• Zembra
  Zembra
  Zembra is a Tunisian island, located several kilometers away from Sidi Daoud. This island is a 432 metre tall rock formation, and as such contains cliffs, some of which are about 400 meters high...
  
  

Lakes of Tunisia

• Ichkeul Lake
  Ichkeul Lake
  Ichkeul Lake is a lake in northern Tunisia near the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. The lake and wetlands of Ichkeul National Park are an important stopping-over point for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds each year. Among the lake's visitors are ducks, geese, storks, and pink flamingoes...
  
  
• Lake Tritonis
  Lake Tritonis
  Lake Tritonis was a large body of fresh water in northern Africa that was described in many ancient texts. Classical-era Greek writers placed the lake in what today is southern Tunisia. In details of the late myths and personal observations related by these historians, the lake was said to be named...
  
   (former lake)
• Lake of Tunis
  Lake of Tunis
  The Lake of Tunis is a natural lagoon located between the Tunisian capital city of Tunis and the Gulf of Tunis . The lake covers a total of 37 square kilometres, in contrast to its size its depth is very shallow...
  
   (lagoon
  Lagoon
  A lagoon is a body of shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the sea by some form of barrier. The EU's habitat directive defines lagoons as "expanses of shallow coastal salt water, of varying salinity or water volume, wholly or partially separated from the sea by sand banks or shingle,...
  
  )
• Tunisian salt lakes
  Tunisian salt lakes
  The Tunisian salt lakes are a series of lakes in central Tunisia, lying south of the Atlas Mountains at the northern edge of the Sahara. The lakes include, from east to west, the Chott el Fedjedji, Chott el Djerid, and Chott el Gharsa....
  
  
  • Chott el Djerid
    Chott el Djerid
    Chott el Djerid , also spelt Shaţţ al Jarīd, Sciott Gerid, and Shott el Jerid, is a large endorheic salt lake in southern Tunisia.-Geography:The bottom of Chott el Djerid is located between 10 and 25 meters above sea level....
    
     (salt lake
    Salt lake
    A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water which has a concentration of salts and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes . In some cases, salt lakes have a higher concentration of salt than sea water, but such lakes would also be termed hypersaline lakes...
    
    )

Mountains of Tunisia

• Atlas Mountains
  Atlas Mountains
  The Atlas Mountains is a mountain range across a northern stretch of Africa extending about through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The highest peak is Toubkal, with an elevation of in southwestern Morocco. The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert...
  
  
• Aurès Mountains
  Aurès Mountains
  The Aurès , or Aurea, refers to an Amazigh language-speaking region in East Algeria, as well as an extension of the Atlas mountain range that lies to the east of the Saharan Atlas in eastern Algeria and northwestern Tunisia...
  
  
• Jebel ech Chambi
  Jebel ech Chambi
  Jebel ech Chambi is the highest mountain in Tunisia at 1544m. It stands above the city of Kasserine in western central Tunisia and is covered by a pine forest....
  
   (highest mountain in Tunisia–1544 m (5,066 ft))
• Djebel Zaghouan
  Djebel Zaghouan
  Djebel Zaghouan is a mountain and the highest point in Eastern Tunisia at 1,295 m. The mountain is located in an area of National Park.The town of Zaghouan is located below on its northern slope...
  
  

Administrative divisions of Tunisia

• Governorates of Tunisia
  Governorates of Tunisia
  ||Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates : Ariana Béja Ben Arous Bizerte Gabès Gafsa Jendouba Kairouan Kasserine Kebili Kef Mahdia Manouba Medenine Monastir Nabeul Sfax Sidi Bouzid Siliana Sousse Tataouine...
  
  
  • Lists of Tunisian governates
    • List of Tunisian governorates (sortable)
    • List of Tunisian governorates by area
    • List of Tunisian governorates by creation date
    • List of Tunisian governorates by population
  • Delegations of Tunisia
    Delegations of Tunisia
    ||The delegations of Tunisia are the second level administrative divisions of Tunisia between the governorates and the sectors . there were 24 governorates which were divided into 264 delegations and further divided into 2073 sectors...
    
    

Governorates of Tunisia

• Ariana
  Ariana Governorate
  Ariana Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It has a population of 422,000 . The capital is Aryanah.The following cities and towns are located in the Ariana Governorate:...
  
  
• Béja
  Béja Governorate
  Béja Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It covers an area of 3,558 km² and has a population of 305,000 . The capital is Béja....
  
  
• Ben Arous
  Ben Arous Governorate
  Ben Arous Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It covers an area of 761 km² and has a population of 506,000...
  
  
• Bizerte
  Bizerte
  Bizerte or Benzert , is the capital city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia and the northernmost city in Africa. It has a population of 230,879 .-History:...
  
  
• Gabès
  Gabès Governorate
  Gabès Governorate is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is located in south-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of and has a population of 343,000...
  
  
• Gafsa
  Gafsa Governorate
  Gafsa Governorate is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in central Tunisia, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 8,990 km² and has a population of 324,000 . The capital is Gafsa....
  
  
• Jendouba
  Jendouba Governorate
  Jendouba Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 3,102 km² and has a population of 417,000...
  
  
• Kairouan
  Kairouan Governorate
  Kairouan Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is an inland province, situated in the centre of the country. It covers an area of 6,712 km² and has a population of 546,209...
  
  
• Kasserine
  Kasserine Governorate
  Kasserine Governorate , sometimes spelt Casrein, is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in west-central Tunisia on the frontier with Algeria. It covers an area of 8,066 km² and has a population of 412,278...
  
  
• Kebili
  Kebili Governorate
  Kebili Governorate is the second largest of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in south-western Tunisia, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of and had a population of 143,218 at the 2004 census. The capital is Kebili.-Geography:...
  
  
• Kef
  Kef Governorate
  Kef Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in north-western Tunisia, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 4,965 km² and has a population of 259,000...
  
  
• Mahdia
  Mahdia Governorate
  Mahdia Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in central-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 2,966 km² and has a population of 378,000...
  
  
• Manouba
  Manouba Governorate
  Manouba Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It has a population of 336,000 , and an area of 1,137 km2...
  
  
• Medenine
  Medenine Governorate
  Medenine is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in south-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 8,588 km² and had a population of 432,503 at the 2004 census...
  
  
• Monastir
  Monastir Governorate
  Monastir Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in north-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 1,019 km² and has a population of 456,000...
  
  
• Nabeul
  Nabeul Governorate
  Nabeul Governorate is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in north-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 2,788 km² and has a population of 694,000 . The capital is Nabeul.-Municipalities:...
  
  
• Sfax
  Sfax Governorate
  The Sfax Governorate is one of the governorates of Tunisia. The governorate has a population of 860,000 and an area of 7,545 km². Its capital is Sfax.The following cities and towns are located in the Sfax Governorate:* Agareb...
  
  
• Sidi Bouzid
  Sidi Bou Said Governorate
  Sidi Bouzid Governorate , sometimes spelt Sidi Bou Zid, is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in central Tunisia. It covers an area of 6,994 km² and has a population of 396,000...
  
  
• Siliana
  Siliana Governorate
  Siliana Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It covers an area of 4,631 km² and has a population of 234,000...
  
  
• Sousse
  Sousse
  Sousse is a city in Tunisia. Located 140 km south of the capital Tunis, the city has 173,047 inhabitants . Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. The name may be of Berber origin: similar names are found in Libya and in...
  
  
• Tataouine
  Tataouine Governorate
  Tataouine Governorate is the southernmost of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia, the only one to border both Algeria and Libya. It is also the largest Tunisian governorate, covering an area of 38,889 km² with a population of 143,524 , nearly tied for second least populated with Kebili ...
  
  
• Tozeur
  Tozeur Governorate
  Tozeur is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in western Tunisia, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 4,719 km² and has a population of 98,000 . The capital is Tozeur....
  
  
• Tunis
  Tunis Governorate
  Tunis Governorate the smallest and most populated of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It covers an area of and has a population of 984,000...
  
  
• Zaghouan
  Zaghouan Governorate
  Zaghouan Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in north-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 2,768 km² and has a population of 161,000 . The capital is Zaghouan....
  
  

Delegations of Tunisia

The governorates

Governorates of Tunisia

||Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates : Ariana Béja Ben Arous Bizerte Gabès Gafsa Jendouba Kairouan Kasserine Kebili Kef Mahdia Manouba Medenine Monastir Nabeul Sfax Sidi Bouzid Siliana Sousse Tataouine...

 of Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

 are divided into 262 "delegations" or "district

District

Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...

s" (mutamadiyat).

Settlements

• Tunis
  Tunis
  Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
  
   (capital city
  Capital City
  Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman....
  
  , most populous city)
• Sfax
  Sfax
  Sfax is a city in Tunisia, located southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura and Thaenae, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate , and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has population of 340,000...
  
   (second city)

Demography of Tunisia

• Berber Jews
  Berber Jews
  Berber Jews are the Berber-speaking Jewish communities which used to live in certain parts of Atlas mountains in Morocco. Their origins are not clear as one theory builds the case for "Judeo-cized Berbers" while another defends the "Berber-ized Jews" thesis....
  
  
  • History of the Jews in Tunisia
    History of the Jews in Tunisia
    The history of the Jews in Tunisia goes back to Roman times. Before 1948, the Jewish population of Tunisia reached a peak of 110,000. From the 1950s, half this number left for Israel and the other half for France...
    
    
• Mrazig
  Mrazig
  The Mrazig are a previously nomadic people who live in and around the town of Douz, Tunisia. Numbering around 50,000 they are the descendants of the Banu Sulaym tribe who left the Arabian peninsula in the eighth century. They lived in Egypt, then Libya ,and finally arrived in Tunisia in the...
  
  

Government and politics of Tunisia

Main article: Government of Tunisia and Politics of Tunisia

Politics of Tunisia

The politics of Tunisia function within a framework of a republic organized under a constitution, with a President serving as head of state, Prime Minister as head of government, a bicameral legislature and a court system influenced by French civil law...

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  : presidential
  Presidential system
  A presidential system is a system of government where an executive branch exists and presides separately from the legislature, to which it is not responsible and which cannot, in normal circumstances, dismiss it....
  
   republic
  Republic
  A republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of state are elected or chosen by elected people. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of...
  
  
• Capital of Tunisia: Tunis

• Elections in Tunisia
  Elections in Tunisia
  Prior to the 2011 Tunisian revolution, Elections in Tunisia were held every five to six years, and elected both the president and members of both legislative branches to the national government of the Republic of Tunisia...
  
  
  • (specific elections)
• Political scandals of Tunisia
• Taxation in Tunisia
• 2010–2011 Tunisian uprising

Executive branch of the government of Tunisia

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
  : President of Tunisia
  President of Tunisia
  The President of Tunisia, formally known as the President of the Tunisian Republic is the head of state of Tunisia. Tunisia is a presidential republic in which the president is the head of the executive branch of government with the assistance of the Prime Minister of Tunisia, formally the head of...
  
  ,
• Head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : Prime Minister of Tunisia
  Prime Minister of Tunisia
  The Prime Minister of the Tunisian Republic is the head of government of Tunisia. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Tunisia...
  
  ,
• Cabinet of Tunisia
  Cabinet of Tunisia
  The Cabinet of Tunisia is the chief executive body of the Tunisian Republic.-Cabinet of Mohamed Ghannouchi:During the 2010–2011 Tunisian uprising, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who acted as president of Tunisia for 23 years fled. Mohamed Ghannouchi formed a new government. Fouad Mebazaa took office in...
  
  
• Ministries of Tunisia
  • Ministry of Communication Technologies
    Ministry of Communication Technologies (Tunisia)
    The Ministry of Communication Technologies of Tunisia is a cabinet-level governmental agency in Tunisia in charge of organizing the sector, planning, control and supervision of activities directed at acquiring new technology and improving the communications sector in Tunisia.-Structure:The...
    
    
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Tunisia)
    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia is a cabinet-level governmental agency in Tunisia in charge of conducting and designing the foreign policy of the country.-Organization and structure:...
    
    
  • Ministry of Regional Development
    Ministry of Regional Development (Tunisia)
    The Ministry of Regional Development of Tunisia is a cabinet-level governmental agency in Tunisia. The position of Regional Development Minister leads the agency and has been held by Democratic Progressive Party leader, Ahmed Najib Chebbi, since 17 January 2011 following the 2010-2011 Tunisian...
    
    

Legislative branch of the government of Tunisia

• Parliament of Tunisia
  Parliament of Tunisia
  The Parliament of Tunisia is made up of two houses:*The upper chamber, the Chamber of Councillors*The lower chamber, the Chamber of Deputies...
  
   (bicameral)
  • Upper house
    Upper house
    An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
    
    : Chamber of Councillors of Tunisia
    Chamber of Councillors of Tunisia
    The Chamber of Councillors is the upper house of the Parliament of Tunisia. It was created by a 2002 amendment to the Tunisian constitution. Members serve 6 year terms. By law, it has 2/3 the number of members as the Chamber of Deputies. The initial chamber, appointed in 2005, consists of 126...
    
    
  • Lower house
    Lower house
    A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
    
    : Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia
    Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia
    The Chamber of Deputies is the lower chamber of the Parliament of Tunisia, the bicameral legislative branch of the government of Tunisia. It has 189 seats and members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms. 20% of the seats are reserved for the opposition. Elections are held in the...
    
    

Judicial branch of the government of Tunisia

• Court of Cassation
  Court of Cassation (Tunisia)
  The Court of Cassation is the highest court in Tunisia. It is based on the model of the French Court of Cassation.-See also:*Politics of Tunisia*Court of cassation...
  
   – highest court of Tunisia.

Foreign relations of Tunisia

• Diplomatic missions in Tunisia
• Diplomatic missions of Tunisia
  Diplomatic missions of Tunisia
  This is a list of diplomatic missions of Tunisia, excluding honorary consulates.-Europe:** Vienna ** Brussels ** Prague ** Helsinki ** Paris ** Lyon ** Marseille...
  
  
• Tunisia Monitoring Group
  Tunisia Monitoring Group
  The Tunisia Monitoring Group is a coalition of 21 free expression organisations that belong to the International Freedom of Expression Exchange , a global network of non-governmental organisations that promotes and defends the right to freedom of expression and freedom of the press.The IFEX-TMG...
  
  
• Tunisia – United States relations

International organization membership

The Tunisian Republic is a member of:

• African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
• African Union
  African Union
  The African Union is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity...
  
   (AU)
• Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
  Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
  The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa is a financial institution funded by the Governments of the Member States of the League of Arab States on 18 February 1974 . It is an independent international institution enjoying international legal status and autonomy in administrative and...
  
   (ABEDA)
• Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
  Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
  The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development is a Kuwait-based, pan-Arab development finance institution. All member-states of the Arab League are members of the AFESD. As of 2003, it held around USD 7.3 billion in assets....
  
   (AFESD)
• Arab Maghreb Union
  Arab Maghreb Union
  The Arab Maghreb Union is a trade agreement aiming for economic and some sort of future political unity in North Africa between the countries Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania...
  
   (AMU)
• Arab Monetary Fund
  Arab Monetary Fund
  The Arab Monetary Fund is a regional Arab organization, founded 1976, and operational from 1977. It is a working sub-organization of the Arab League.-Objectives:...
  
   (AMF)
• Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC) (observer)
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  Food and Agriculture Organization
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
  
   (FAO)
• Group of 77
  Group of 77
  The Group of 77 at the United Nations is a loose coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 founding members of the organization, but the organization has...
  
   (G77)
• International Atomic Energy Agency
  International Atomic Energy Agency
  The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
  
   (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is one of five institutions that compose the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight...
  
   (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce
  International Chamber of Commerce
  The International Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise....
  
   (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization
  International Civil Aviation Organization
  The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...
  
   (ICAO)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association
  International Development Association
  The International Development Association , is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank's other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and...
  
   (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a humanitarian institution that is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the ICRC and 186 distinct National Societies...
  
   (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation
  International Finance Corporation
  The International Finance Corporation promotes sustainable private sector investment in developing countries.IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States....
  
   (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
  International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The International Fund for Agricultural Development , a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries...
  
   (IFAD)
• International Hydrographic Organization
  International Hydrographic Organization
  The International Hydrographic Organization is the inter-governmental organisation representing the hydrographic community. It enjoys observer status at the UN and is the recognised competent authority on hydrographic surveying and nautical charting...
  
   (IHO)
• International Labour Organization
  International Labour Organization
  The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
  
   (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization
  International Maritime Organization
  The International Maritime Organization , formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization , was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959...
  
   (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization
  International Mobile Satellite Organization
  The International Mobile Satellite Organization is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites...
  
   (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund
  International Monetary Fund
  The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
  
   (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
  
   (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration
  International Organization for Migration
  The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration to help resettle people displaced by World War II....
  
   (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization
  International Organization for Standardization
  The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...
  
   (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human...
  
   (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union
  International Telecommunication Union
  The International Telecommunication Union is the specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for information and communication technologies...
  
   (ITU)

• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
  The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is an intergovernmental organisation charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat.-External links:*...
  
   (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation
  International Trade Union Confederation
  The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
  
   (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Islamic Development Bank
  Islamic Development Bank
  The Islamic Development Bank is a multilateral development financing institution located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was founded by the first conference of Finance Ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference , convened 23 Dhu'l Qa'dah 1393 AH.The bank officially began its activities on...
  
   (IDB)
• League of Arab States (LAS)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency is a member organization of the World Bank Group that offers political risk insurance. It was established to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries. MIGA was founded in 1988 with a capital base of $1 billion and is headquartered in...
  
   (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (partner)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Organization of American States
  Organization of American States
  The Organization of American States is a regional international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States...
  
   (OAS) (observer)
• Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
  Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
  The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries is a multi-governmental organization headquartered in Kuwait which coordinates energy policies between oil–producing Arab nations, and whose main purpose is developmental.-History:...
  
   (OAPEC) (suspended)
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
   (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
  
   (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to...
  
   (UNHCR)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  The United Nations Industrial Development Organization , French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in the United Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria...
  
   (UNIDO)
• United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire
  United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
  The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire is a peacekeeping mission whose objective is "to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the peace agreement signed by them in January 2003"...
  
   (UNOCI)
• United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
  The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
  
   (UPU)
• World Customs Organization
  World Customs Organization
  The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is recognized as the voice of the global customs community...
  
   (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions
  World Federation of Trade Unions
  The World Federation of Trade Unions was established in 1945 to replace the International Federation of Trade Unions. Its mission was to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization, much like the United Nations...
  
   (WFTU)
• World Health Organization
  World Health Organization
  The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
  
   (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization
  World Intellectual Property Organization
  The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
  
   (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization
  World Meteorological Organization
  The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
  
   (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization
  World Tourism Organization
  The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
  
   (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization
  World Trade Organization
  The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
  
   (WTO)

Law and order in Tunisia

• Capital punishment in Tunisia
• Constitution of Tunisia
  Constitution of Tunisia
  The Constitution of Tunisia is the supreme law of the Tunisian Republic. The Constitution is the framework for the organization of the Tunisian government and for the relationship of the federal government with the governates, citizens, and all people within Tunisia...
  
  
• Crime in Tunisia
  • Polygamy in Tunisia
    Polygamy in Tunisia
    Tunisia became the first Arab state to formally abolish polygamy in 1956, the same year it gained official independence. In current times, Tunisia is still one of the very few predominately-Islamic nations that has legally banned polygamy, another notable nation being Turkey, which has been noted...
    
    
  • Prostitution in Tunisia
    Prostitution in Tunisia
    Prostitution in Tunisia is illegal, but, as in many other countries, the laws that ban prostitution are ignored and there are many brothels, tolerated and regulated by the authorities.The 2009 Human Rights Practices Report states:...
    
     (mostly ignored)
• Human rights in Tunisia
  • Code of Personal Status
    Code of Personal Status (Tunisia)
    The Code of Personal Status is a series of progressive Tunisian laws aiming at the institution of equality between women and men in a number of areas. It was promulgated by beylical decree on August 13, 1956 and came into effect on January 1, 1957...
    
    
  • LGBT rights in Tunisia
  • Freedom of religion in Tunisia
  • Freedom of speech in Tunisia
    • Censorship in Tunisia
      Censorship in Tunisia
      Censorship in Tunisia has been an issue since the country gained independence in 1956. Though considered relatively mild under President Habib Bourguiba , censorship and other forms of repression have become common under his successor, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali...
      
      
      • Internet censorship in Tunisia
        Internet censorship in Tunisia
        Internet censorship in Tunisia significantly decreased in January 2011, following the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as the new acting government removed filters on social networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube....
        
        
    • Tunisia Monitoring Group
      Tunisia Monitoring Group
      The Tunisia Monitoring Group is a coalition of 21 free expression organisations that belong to the International Freedom of Expression Exchange , a global network of non-governmental organisations that promotes and defends the right to freedom of expression and freedom of the press.The IFEX-TMG...
      
      
• Law enforcement in Tunisia
  • National Library of Tunisia
    National Library of Tunisia
    The National Library of Tunisia is the legal deposit and copyright library for Tunisia.Founded in 1885, this library was called French Library. Its present name dates from the beginning of independence of Tunisia...
    
    
• Tunisian passport
  Tunisian passport
  The Tunisian passport is issued to citizens of Tunisia for international travel.There are three main types of passport:1 - Regular passport, issued to citizens for international travel, valid for 5 years....
  
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  • Visa requirements for Tunisian citizens
    Visa requirements for Tunisian citizens
    Holders of regular Tunisian passports enjoy visa-free or VOA travel to 66 countries and territories.Visa requirements are somehow different for holders of special and diplomatic passports as, due to existing bilateral agreements between Tunisia and other states, holders of these two categories of...
    
    
• Speed limits in Tunisia
  Speed limits in Tunisia
  The general speed limits in Tunisia are:*50 km/h on public roads within an urban area*90 km/h on public roads outside an urban area which is not a freeway; and*110 km/h on freeways....
  
  

Military of Tunisia

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
    A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
    
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    • Ministry of Defence of Tunisia
• Forces
  • Army of Tunisia
  • Navy of Tunisia
  • Air Force of Tunisia
  • Special forces of Tunisia
• Military history of Tunisia
• Military ranks of Tunisia

Political parties in Tunisia

• Congress for the Republic
  Congress for the Republic
  The Congress for the Republic , also referred to as Al Mottamar or by its French acronym CPR, is a centre-left secular political party in Tunisia. It was created in 2001, but legalised only after the 2011 Tunisian revolution...
  
  
• Constitutional Democratic Rally
  Constitutional Democratic Rally
  The Constitutional Democratic Rally , also referred to by its French acronym RCD, formerly called Neo Destour then Socialist Destourian Party, was the governing party in Tunisia. The party was suspended by the minister of interior on February 6th awaiting a decision on its dissolution by judicial...
  
  
• Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties
  Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties
  The Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties , also referred to as Ettakatol or by its French acronym FDTL, is a social democratic political party in Tunisia. It was founded on 9 April 1994 and officially recognized on 25 October 2002. Its founder and Secretary-General is the radiologist Mustapha...
  
  
• Democratic Modernist Pole
  Democratic Modernist Pole
  Democratic Modernist Pole is a Tunisian political coalition created for the Tunisian Constituent Assembly election of 23 October 2011. The "Pole" consists of four parties and five citizen initiatives, the largest of which is the Ettajdid Movement. However, a October 18 report by Bloomberg.com...
  
  
• Destour
  Destour
  The Constitutional Liberal Party , most commonly known as Destour, was a Tunisian political party, founded in 1920, which had as its the goal to liberate Tunisia from French colonial control....
  
  
• Ennahda Movement
• Movement of Socialist Democrats
  Movement of Socialist Democrats
  The Movement of Social Democrats is an opposition political party in Tunisia. It was the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, behind the dominant Constitutional Democratic Rally, with sixteen seats....
  
  
• Neo Destour
  Neo Destour
  The New Constitutional Liberal Party , most commonly known as Neo Destour, was a Tunisian political party that was founded by a group of nationalist politicians during the French protectorate.-History:...
  
  
• Party of People's Unity
  Party of People's Unity
  The Party of People's Unity is an opposition political party in Tunisia. It is socialist and had 7 members in the 1999 Tunisian parliament. At the 2004 legislative elections, the party won 3.6 % of the popular vote and 11 out of 189 seats. The same day, its candidate Mohamed Bouchiha, won 3.8 % at...
  
  
• Popular Petition
  Popular Petition
  The Popular Petition for Freedom, Justice and Development ), short Popular Petition, Aridha Chaabia orAl Aridha is a political party in Tunisia. It was formed after the Tunisian revolution, on 17 March 2011...
  
  
• Progressive Democratic Party
  Progressive Democratic Party (Tunisia)
  The Progressive Democratic Party , also referred to by its acronym PDP, is a secular liberal political party in Tunisia. It was founded under the name of Progressive Socialist Rally in 1983, gained legal recognition in 1988 and was renamed Progressive Democratic Party in 2001. Under the rule of Ben...
  
  
• Social Liberal Party
  Social Liberal Party (Tunisia)
  The Social Liberal Party , abbreviated to PSL, is an opposition liberal political party in Tunisia. It holds eight seats in the Chamber of Deputies, making it the fifth-largest party in the Tunisian parliament...
  
  
• Socialist Destourian Party
  Socialist Destourian Party
  The Socialist Destourian Party was the ruling political party of Tunisia from 1964 to 1988. Bahi Ladgham was the first Prime Minister from the party and Hédi Baccouche was the last. It was founded on October 22, 1964 and disbanded on February 27, 1988. Habib Bourgiba was the first president of the...
  
  
• Tunisian Communist Party
  Tunisian Communist Party
  Tunisian Communist Party was a political party in Tunisia. PCT was founded in 1934, as the Tunisian Federation of the French Communist Party was converted into an independent organization. The party was banned by the Vichy regime in 1939, but in 1943 the party was able to operate legally again. It...
  
  
• Tunisian Workers' Communist Party
  Tunisian Workers' Communist Party
  The Tunisian Workers' Communist Party , also known by its French acronym PCOT, is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Tunisia. Its general secretary is Hamma Hammami. It was outlawed until the Tunisian Revolution, when in a failed attempt to shore up the state framework it and another banned...
  
  
• Unionist Democratic Union
  Unionist Democratic Union
  The Unionist Democratic Union is an opposition political party in Tunisia. It has a pan-Arabist ideology, and holds nine seats in the Chamber of Deputies, making it the fourth-largest party....
  
  

Politicians of Tunisia

• List of Presidents of Tunisia
  • Habib Bourguiba
    Habib Bourguiba
    Habib Bourguiba was a Tunisian statesman, the Founder and the first President of the Republic of Tunisia from July 25, 1957 until 7 November 1987...
    
    
  • Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
    Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
    Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is a Tunisian political figure who was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987, and he assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba, who was...
    
    
• Prime Minister of Tunisia
  Prime Minister of Tunisia
  The Prime Minister of the Tunisian Republic is the head of government of Tunisia. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Tunisia...
  
  
  • Hédi Baccouche
    Hédi Baccouche
    Hédi Baccouche was the Prime Minister of Tunisia from November 7, 1987 to September 27, 1989. Baccouche led the Socialist Destourian Party until it changed its name to the Constitutional Democratic Rally in 1988.- References :...
    
    
  • Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
    Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
    Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is a Tunisian political figure who was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987, and he assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba, who was...
    
    
  • Mohamed Ghannouchi
    Mohamed Ghannouchi
    Mohamed Ghannouchi was the Prime Minister of Tunisia and was self-proclaimed acting President of the country for a few hours starting 14 January 2011, under Article 56 of the Constitution of Tunisia...
    
    
  • Hamed Karoui
    Hamed Karoui
    Hamed Karoui was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 27 September 1989 to 17 November 1999. From 1986 to 1987 he was Minister of Youth and Sports and from 1988 to 1989 he was Minister of Justice. He was a member of the Constitutional Democratic Rally party.-References:...
    
    
  • Mohammed Mzali
    Mohammed Mzali
    Mohammed Mzali was a Tunisian politician.Mzali was born in Monastir, Tunisia in 1925. He served as Prime Minister from his appointment by President Habib Bourguiba until his dismissal in 1986 amid government-mandated price increases and subsequent rioting....
    
    
  • Hedi Amara Nouira
    Hedi Amara Nouira
    Hédi Amara Nouira was a Tunisian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Tunisia between 1970 and 1980....
    
    
  • Rachid Sfar
    Rachid Sfar
    Rachid Sfar, the former Prime Minister of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, was born on September 11, 1933 at Mahdia, the ancient Fatimite capital of Tunisia...
    
    

History of Tunisia

Main article: History of Tunisia

History of Tunisia

The History of Tunisia is subdivided into the following articles:*Outlines of early Tunisia*History of Punic era Tunisia*History of Roman era Tunisia*History of early Islamic Tunisia*History of medieval Tunisia*History of Ottoman era Tunisia...

, Timeline of the history of Tunisia, and Current events of Tunisia

• History of North Africa
  History of North Africa
  North Africa is a relatively thin strip of land between the Sahara desert and the Mediterranean, stretching from Moroccan Atlantic coast to Egypt. The region comprises the modern countries, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Libya and Egypt. The history of the region is a mix of influences...
  
  

By period

• History of ancient Tunisia
  History of ancient Tunisia
  History of ancient Tunisia has been divided into three articles:*Early History of Tunisia**Berber background**Accounts of the Berbers**Ancient Berber religion**Berber tribal affiliations**Berber language history**Sea traders from the east...
  
  
  • Prehistoric Tunisia
  • History of Punic-era Tunisia
    History of Punic-era Tunisia
    The article History of Punic-era Tunisia has been divided into two articles:*History of Punic-era Tunisia, part I*History of Punic-era Tunisia, part II-See also:*Phoenicia*Berber people*Berber languages*Ancient Libya*Shoshenq I*Phoenician languages...
    
    
    • Carthage
      Carthage
      Carthage , implying it was a 'new Tyre') is a major urban centre that has existed for nearly 3,000 years on the Gulf of Tunis, developing from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC...
      
      
      • Carthago delenda est
        Carthago delenda est
        "Carthago delenda est" or the fuller "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" or "Ceterum autem censeo, Carthaginem esse delendam" are Latin political phrases which were popular in the Roman Republic during the latter years of the Punic Wars against Carthage...
        
        
    • History of Punic-era Tunisia, part I
      History of Punic-era Tunisia, part I
      The History of Punic era Tunisia, part I introduces the region during its long period under the sway of a Semitic civilization from the eastern Mediterranean: Phoenicia. Arriving first as traders, the Phoenicians eventuallly founded the city-state of Carthage...
      
      
    • History of Punic-era Tunisia, part II
      History of Punic-era Tunisia, part II
      Punic-Ear Tunisia: state, and religion addresses the historical and cultural creations of the people of the city-state of Carthage. Unfortunately very few writings from that era survived. Hence, a history of its Punic literature is impossible. Most presently-existing works that address civic and...
      
      
  • History of Roman era Tunisia
    History of Roman era Tunisia
    History of Roman-era Tunisia describes first the Roman Africa Province. Rome took control of Carthage after the Third Punic War . There was a period of Berber kings allied with Rome . Lands surrounding Carthage were annexed and reorganized, and the city of Carthage rebuilt, becoming the third city...
    
    
    • Africa Province
      Africa Province
      The Roman province of Africa was established after the Romans defeated Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day northern Tunisia, and the small Mediterranean coast of modern-day western Libya along the Syrtis Minor...
      
      
    • Diocese of Africa
      Diocese of Africa
      The Diocese of Africa was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of North Africa, except Mauretania Tingitana. Its seat was at Carthage, and it was subordinate to the Praetorian prefecture of Italy....
      
      
• History of early Islamic Tunisia
  History of early Islamic Tunisia
  The History of early Islamic Tunisia opens with the arrival of the Arabs who brought their language and the religion of Islam, and its calendar. The Arab conquest followed strategy designed by the Umayyad Caliphate regarding ist long-term conflict with the Byzantine Empire...
  
  
• History of medieval Tunisia
  History of medieval Tunisia
  The medieval era opens with the commencement of a process that would return Ifriqiya, i.e., Tunisia, and the entire Maghrib to local Berber rule. The precipitating cause was the departure of the Shia Fatimid Caliphate to their newly conquered territories in Egypt. To govern Ifriqiya in their stead,...
  
  
  • Ifriqiya
    Ifriqiya
    In medieval history, Ifriqiya or Ifriqiyah was the area comprising the coastal regions of what are today western Libya, Tunisia, and eastern Algeria. This area included what had been the Roman province of Africa, whose name it inherited....
    
    
• History of Ottoman era Tunisia
  • Barbary corsairs
    Barbary corsairs
    The Barbary Corsairs, sometimes called Ottoman Corsairs or Barbary Pirates, were pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers. This area was known in Europe as the Barbary Coast, a term derived from the name of its Berber...
    
    
    • Barbary Slave Trade
      Barbary Slave Trade
      The Barbary Slave Trade refers to the slave markets which flourished on the Barbary Coast, or modern day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and western Libya between the 16th and 19th centuries. These markets prospered while the states were nominally under Ottoman rule, but in reality were mostly autonomous...
      
      
• History of French-era Tunisia
  • French occupation of Tunisia
    French occupation of Tunisia
    The French conquest of Tunisia occurred in two phases in 1881: the first consisting of the invasion and securing of the country before the signing of a treaty of protection, and the second consisting in the suppression of a rebellion...
    
    
    • Treaty of Bardo
      Treaty of Bardo
      The Treaty of Bardo was signed on May 12, 1881 between representatives of the French Republic and Tunisian bey Muhammed as-Sadiq. A raid of Algeria by the Tunisian Kroumer tribe served as a pretext for French armed forces to invade Tunisia...
      
       (1881)
  • French Protectorate of Tunisia
    French Protectorate of Tunisia
    The French protectorate of Tunisia was established in 1881, during the Scramble for Africa, and lasted until Tunisian independence in 1956....
    
    
    • Tunisia during World War II
      • Tunisia Campaign
        Tunisia Campaign
        The Tunisia Campaign was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African Campaign of the Second World War, between Axis and Allied forces. The Allies consisted of British Imperial Forces, including Polish and Greek contingents, with American and French corps...
        
        
• History of modern Tunisia
  History of modern Tunisia
  In its modern history, Tunisia has become a sovereign republic, called the al-Jumhuriyyah at-Tunisiyyah. Tunisia has over ten million citizens, almost all of Arab-Berber descent. The Mediterranean Sea is to the north and east, Libya to the southeast, and Algeria to the west. Tunis is the capital...
  
  
  • Arab Islamic Republic
    Arab Islamic Republic
    The Arab Islamic Republic was a proposed unification of Tunisia and Libya in 1974, agreed upon by Libyan ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba. The proposal was never implemented.- Regional context :...
    
     – proposed Libya-Tunisia union, 1974
  • Tunisian Revolution
    Tunisian revolution
    The Tunisian Revolution is an intensive campaign of civil resistance, including a series of street demonstrations taking place in Tunisia. The events began in December 2010 and led to the ousting of longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011...
    
    

Dynasties of Tunisia

• Aghlabid Dynasty
• Fatimid Dynasty
• Zirid Dynasty
• Almohad Dynasty
• Hafsid Dynasty
  Hafsid dynasty
  The Hafsids were a Berber dynasty ruling Ifriqiya from 1229 to 1574. Their territories were stretched from east of modern Algeria to west of modern Libya during their zenith.-History:...
  
  
• Husainid Dynasty
  Husainid Dynasty
  The Husainid Dynasty is the former ruling dynasty of Tunisia originally of Cretan origin. They came to power under Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki in 1705 replacing the Muradid Dynasty. After taking power the Husainids ruled as Beys with succession to the throne determined by age with the oldest...
  
  
  • List of Beys of Tunis

Economic history of Tunisia

• First Tunisia Plan
• Second Tunisia Plan
  Second Tunisia Plan
  The Second Tunisia Plan was an economic development plan implemented by the government of President Habib Bourguiba from 1965 to 1968.The government invested about as much in agriculture as in industry.-See also:*Economy of Tunisia*First Tunisia Plan...
  
  
• Third Tunisia Plan
  Third Tunisia Plan
  The Third Tunisia Plan was an economic development plan implemented by the government of President Habib Bourguiba from 1969 to 1972.The plan marks the first time Tunisia invested more in industry, 31.7% of the government's budget, than in agriculture, 14.8%....
  
  
• Fourth Tunisia Plan
  Fourth Tunisia Plan
  The Fourth Tunisia Plan was an economic development plan and realignment of foreign policy implemented by the government of President Habib Bourguiba from 1973 to 1976....
  
  
• Fifth Tunisia Plan
  Fifth Tunisia Plan
  The Fifth Tunisia Plan was an economic development plan implemented by the government of Tunisia from 1977 to 1981.The government allocated 47% of its investment to capital-intensive projects.-See also:*Economy of Tunisia*Third Tunisia Plan...
  
  
• Sixth Tunisia Plan
  Sixth Tunisia Plan
  The Sixth Tunisia Plan was an economic development plan implemented by the government of President Habib Bourguiba from 1982 to 1986.Critics derided the plan's failure to lower the unemployment rate, attributing the lack of available work to the global recession, excessive focus on capital...
  
  
• Seventh Tunisia Plan
  Seventh Tunisia Plan
  The Seventh Tunisia Plan was an economic development plan implemented by the government of Tunisia from 1986 to 1990.-See also:*Economy of Tunisia*Third Tunisia Plan*Fourth Tunisia Plan*Sixth Tunisia Plan*Ninth Tunisia Plan...
  
  
• Eighth Tunisia Plan
• Ninth Tunisia Plan
  Ninth Tunisia Plan
  The Ninth Tunisia Plan was an economic development plan implemented by the government of Tunisia from 1996 to 2001.President Ben Ali established the Ministry of International Cooperation and Investment in June 1992, appointing Mohammed Ghannouchi as Minister. The Tunisian government began...
  
  

Military history of Tunisia

• Battle of Adys
  Battle of Adys
  The Battle of Adys was fought in 255 BC between Carthage and a Roman army led by Marcus Atilius Regulus. Regulus inflicted a crushing defeat upon the Carthaginians, who then sued for peace...
  
   (255 BC)
• Battle of Tunis
  Battle of Tunis
  The Battle of Tunis, also known as the Battle of Bagrades, between the Roman Republic and Carthage occurred in the spring of 255 BC during the First Punic War. The battle ended in a decisive Carthaginian victory.-Prelude:...
  
   (255 BC)
• Battle of the Great Plains
  Battle of the Great Plains
  The Battle of the Great plains was a battle fought between Scipio Africanus of Rome and a combined Carthaginian and Numidian army late in the Second Punic War, designed as diversionary tactic by Rome to disrupt Hannibal's attack on Italy...
  
   (203 BC)
• Battle of Zama
  Battle of Zama
  The Battle of Zama, fought around October 19, 202 BC, marked the final and decisive end of the Second Punic War. A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian force led by the legendary commander Hannibal...
  
   (202 BC)
• Battle of Carthage
  Battle of Carthage (c.149 BC)
  The Battle of Carthage was the major act of the Third Punic War between the Phoenician city of Carthage in Africa and the Roman Republic...
  
   (c. 149 BC)
• Battle of Ruspina
  Battle of Ruspina
  The Battle of Ruspina was fought on January 4, 46 BC in the Roman Republic, between the Republican forces of the Optimates and forces loyal to Julius Caesar...
  
   (46 BC)
• Battle of Thapsus
  Battle of Thapsus
  The Battle of Thapsus took place on April 6, 46 BC near Thapsus . The Republican forces of the Optimates, led by Quintus Caecillius Metellus Scipio, clashed with the veteran forces loyal to Julius Caesar.-Prelude:...
  
   (46 BC)
• Battle of Carthage
  Battle of Carthage (238)
  The Battle of Carthage was fought in 238 between a Roman army loyal to Emperor Maximinus Thrax and the forces of Emperors Gordian I and Gordian II....
  
   (238)
• Vandalic War
  Vandalic War
  The Vandalic War was a war fought in North Africa, in the areas of modern Tunisia and eastern Algeria, in 533-534, between the forces of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Vandal Kingdom of Carthage...
  
   (533–534)
  • Battle of Ad Decimum
    Battle of Ad Decimum
    The Battle of Ad Decimum took place on September 13, 533 between the armies of the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, and the Eastern Roman Empire , under the command of general Belisarius. This event and events in the following year are sometimes jointly referred to as the Battle of Carthage, one...
    
     (533)
  • Battle of Tricamarum (533)
• Battle of Carthage
  Battle of Carthage (698)
  The Battle of Carthage was fought in 698 AD between a Byzantine expeditionary force and the armies of the Umayyad Caliphate. Having lost Carthage to the Muslims, Emperor Leontius sent the navy under the command of John the Patrician and the droungarios Tiberius Apsimarus. They entered the harbor...
  
   (698)
• Mahdia campaign
  Mahdia campaign
  The Mahdia campaign of 1087 was an attack on the North African town of Mahdia by armed ships from Genoa and Pisa in northern Italy. It had been prompted by the actions of its ruler Tamim as a pirate in waters off the Italian peninsula, along with his involvement in Sicily fighting the Norman...
  
   (1087)
• Conquest of Tunis
  Conquest of Tunis
  The Conquest of Tunis in 1535 was an attack on Tunis, then under the control of the Ottoman Empire, by the Spanish Empire.-Background:In 1533, Suleiman ordered Hayreddin Barbarossa, whom he had summoned from Algiers, to build a large war fleet in the arsenal of Constantinople...
  
   (1535)
• Battle of Djerba
  Battle of Djerba
  The naval Battle of Djerba took place in May 1560 near the island of Djerba, Tunisia in which the Ottomans under Piyale Pasha's command overwhelmed a large joint European fleet, chiefly Spanish forces, sinking half its ships.-Background:...
  
   (1560)
• Barbary Wars
  Barbary Wars
  The Barbary Wars were a series of wars between the United States of America and the Barbary States of North Africa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. At issue was the Barbary pirates' demand of tribute from American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. If ships failed to pay, pirates...
  
  
  • First Barbary War
    First Barbary War
    The First Barbary War , also known as the Barbary Coast War or the Tripolitan War, was the first of two wars fought between the United States and the North African Berber Muslim states known collectively as the Barbary States...
    
     (1801–1805)
  • Second Barbary War
    Second Barbary War
    The Second Barbary War , also known as the Algerine or Algerian War, was the second of two wars fought between the United States and the Ottoman Empire's North African regencies of Tripoli, Tunis, and Algeria known collectively as the Barbary states. The war between the Barbary States and the U.S...
    
     (1815)
• Battle of Cape Bon
  Battle of Cape Bon
  The naval Battle of Cape Bon took place on December 13, 1941 during the Second World War, between two Italian light cruisers and an Allied destroyer flotilla off Cape Bon, Tunisia...
  
   (1941)
• Tunisia Campaign
  Tunisia Campaign
  The Tunisia Campaign was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African Campaign of the Second World War, between Axis and Allied forces. The Allies consisted of British Imperial Forces, including Polish and Greek contingents, with American and French corps...
  
   (1942–1943)
• Tunisian War of Independence
  Tunisian War of Independence
  The processes of the Tunisian Independence occurred from 1952 to 1956 between France and a independentist movement under Habib Bourguiba. Bourguiba became the first President of the new nation after negotiations with France that led to the independence....
  
   (1952–1956)
• Operation Wooden Leg
  Operation Wooden Leg
  Operation Wooden Leg was an attack by Israel on the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Hammam al-Shatt, Tunisia, 12 miles from the capital of Tunis. It took place on October 1, 1985. Taking place 1,280 miles away, this was the furthest operation from Israel undertaken by the...
  
   (1985)

Culture of Tunisia

• Architecture of Tunisia
• Ethnic minorities in Tunisia
• Festivals in Tunisia
• Humor in Tunisia
• Languages of Tunisia
  Languages of Tunisia
  Tunisia is, in terms of language, the most homogeneous of the Maghreb states. This is because almost the entire population speaks Tunisian Arabic natively. Most are also literate in Literary Arabic, which is the country's official language, and French...
  
  
  • Northern Berber languages
    Northern Berber languages
    The Northern Berber languages form a dialect continuum across the Maghreb that constitute a branch of the Berber language subgroup of the Afroasiatic family...
    
    
  • Sened language
    Sened language
    Sened is an extinct Berber language that was spoken in the nearby towns of Sened and Majoura in Southern Tunisia until the mid-twentieth century...
    
     (extinct)
  • Shelha language
  • Tunisian Arabic
    Tunisian Arabic
    Tunisian Arabic is a Maghrebi dialect of the Arabic language, spoken by some 11 million people. It is usually known by its own speakers as Derja, which means dialect, to distinguish it from Standard Arabic, or as Tunsi, which means Tunisian...
    
    
• Media in Tunisia
• Museums in Tunisia
• National symbols of Tunisia
  • Coat of arms of Tunisia
    Coat of arms of Tunisia
    The coat of arms of Tunisia displays a ship along with a lion holding a sword , and a balance . In the centre, just under the ship, is the national motto written in Arabic: Freedom - Order - Justice . The central emblem of the national flag is seen above the shield. The background is gold in all...
    
    
  • Flag of Tunisia
    Flag of Tunisia
    The flag of Tunisia, adopted as national flag in 1959, was in origin the naval ensign of the kingdom of Tunis, adopted either in 1831 or 1835 by Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud...
    
    
  • National anthem of Tunisia (Humat al-Hima)
  • Nichan Iftikhar
    Nichan Iftikhar
    Nichan Iftikhar or Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar or Nişan-i İftihar , was an Ottoman and Tunisian honorary order founded in 1835 by Al-Mustafa ibn Mahmud...
    
     (order
    Order (decoration)
    An order or order of merit is a visible honour, awarded by a government, dynastic house or international organization to an individual, usually in recognition of distinguished service to a nation or to humanity. The distinction between orders and decorations is somewhat vague, except that most...
    
    )
• People of Tunisia
  • Italian Tunisians
• Prostitution in Tunisia
  Prostitution in Tunisia
  Prostitution in Tunisia is illegal, but, as in many other countries, the laws that ban prostitution are ignored and there are many brothels, tolerated and regulated by the authorities.The 2009 Human Rights Practices Report states:...
  
  
• Public holidays in Tunisia
• Records of Tunisia
• Recreation in Tunisia
  • Caving in Tunisia
    Caving in Tunisia
    Caving in Tunisia is a relatively rare sport in the country. Caving emerged in the late 1970s and includes a limited number of practitioners. Tunisia has a number of sites suitable for the sport.-Practice :...
    
    
• World Heritage Sites in Tunisia

Arts in Tunisia

• Art in Tunisia
  • Tunisian collaborative painting
    Tunisian Collaborative Painting
    Tunisian Collaborative Painting is an art form developed in Tunisia in the mid-1980s. It is unique in its method of allowing a group of painters to work simultaneously on a canvas without discussion or planning beforehand...
    
    
• Cinema of Tunisia
  Cinema of Tunisia
  The cinema of Tunisia has been present since 1896, when the Lumière brothers began showing animated films in the streets of Tunis.In 1919, the first feature-length movie produced on the African continent: Les Cinq gentlemen maudits was filmed in Tunisia...
  
  
• List of Tunisian films
• Literature of Tunisia
• Music of Tunisia
  Music of Tunisia
  Tunisia is a North African country with a predominantly Arabic-speaking population. The country is best known for malouf, a kind of music imported from Andalusia after the Spanish conquest in the 15th century...
  
  
  • Checkpoint 303
    Checkpoint 303
    Checkpoint 303 is a non-profit musical collective from the emerging Arabic and Middle-eastern underground electronica scene. The activist musical project was launched by Tunisian SC Mocha and Palestinian SC Yosh in 2004 and has secured an avant-garde position on the Arabic underground music scene...
    
    
  • Mezwed
    Mezwed
    Mezwed is a genre of popular traditional music based on oriental rhythms, believed by Tunisians to be completely different from Egyptian Saahbi music. It incorporates traditional Tunisian drums called Darbouka and a kind of bagpipe called a mizwad with a bag made from ewe's leather. Usually it is...
    
    
  • Tunisia in the Eurovision Song Contest
  • Tunisian underground music
    Tunisian underground music
    Tunisian underground music refers to music performed by Tunisian artists that play or compose in a style different from the established Tunisian mainstream. Using the term underground to define a performing arts movement or scene in tha Arab world, including Tunisia, takes on a slightly different...
    
    
• Television in Tunisia
• Theatre in Tunisia
  • National Theatre of Tunisia
    National Theatre of Tunisia
    The National Theatre of Tunisia is a Tunisian Government-owned corporation of a cultural nature. Financially autonomous, the theatre was created by Law No. 113 of 30 December 1983 relating to acts 73-74 of the Finance Act of 1983 and meets the same rules and regulations as public institutions...
    
    

Cuisine of Tunisia

• Brik
  Brik
  Brik or Brick is a Tunisian derivative of the börek consisting of thin warka pastry around a filling commonly deep fried. The best-known version is the egg brik, a whole egg in a triangular pastry pocket with chopped onion, tuna, harissa and parsley.Brik pastry is made by slapping a sticky lump...
  
  
• Chermoula
  Chermoula
  Chermoula or charmoula is a marinade used in Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian cooking. It is usually used to flavor fish or seafood, but it can be used on other meats or vegetables....
  
  
• Couscous
  Couscous
  Couscous is a Berber dish of semolina traditionally served with a meat or vegetable stew spooned over it. Couscous is a staple food throughout Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Harissa
  Harissa
  Harissa is a Tunisian hot chili sauce commonly eaten in North Africa whose main ingredients are piri piri , serrano peppers and other hot chili peppers and spices such as garlic paste, coriander, red chili powder, caraway as well as some vegetable or olive oil...
  
  
• Lablabi
  Lablabi
  Lablabi is a Tunisian dish based on chick peas in a thin garlic and cumin-flavoured soup, served over small pieces of stale crusty bread. It is commonly eaten in cheap restaurants...
  
  
• Makroudh
  Makroudh
  Makroud is a type of pastry of Tunisian origin eaten in North African countries such as Tunisia, Algeria and in some parts of Libya.Makroudh are often filled with dates or almonds....
  
  
• Merguez
  Merguez
  Merguez is a red, spicy mutton- or beef-based fresh sausage in North African cuisine. It is also popular in the Middle East, and Europe.Merguez is a fresh sausage made with lamb, beef, or a mixture stuffed into a lamb-intestine casing...
  
  
• Shakshouka
  Shakshouka
  Shakshouka is a dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, chili peppers, onions, often spiced with cumin. It is believed to have Algerian and Tunisian origins.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Zlebia
  Zlebia
  Zlebia or Zlabia is a type of pastry eaten in parts of north-west Africa such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.Typical ingredients include flour, 1/2 spoon yeast soup, 1½ spoons of yoghurt soup and sugar...
  
  

Religion in Tunisia

• Buddhism in Tunisia
• Christianity in Tunisia
  • Roman Catholicism in Tunisia
    Roman Catholicism in Tunisia
    The Roman Catholic Church in Tunisia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.-Archdiocese:...
    
    
• Hinduism in Tunisia
• Islam in Tunisia
  Islam in Tunisia
  Islam is the official state religion in Tunisia. Approximately 98 percent of the population of Tunisia is nominally Muslim. Most of them are Sunni belonging to the Malikite madhhab, but a small number of Ibadhi Muslims still exist among the Berber-speakers of Jerba Island. There is no reliable...
  
  
• Judaism in Tunisia
• Sikhism in Tunisia

Sports in Tunisia

• Tunisian records in athletics
  Tunisian records in athletics
  The following are the national records in athletics in Tunisia maintained by Tunisia's national athletics federation: Fédération Tunisienne d'Athlétisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified-External links:...
  
  
• Tunis Sports City
  Tunis Sports City
  The Tunis Sports City is an entire sports city currently being constructed in Tunis, Tunisia. The city that will consist of apartment buildings as well as several sports facilities will be built by the Bukhatir Group at a cost of $5 Billion .Construction began in 2008...
  
  
• Basketball in Tunisia
  • Tunisia national basketball team
    Tunisia national basketball team
    Tunisia national basketball team is the national basketball team of Tunisia. To date, they have 18 appearances at the FIBA Africa Championship, ranking them behind only traditional African powers Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, and Egypt in total appearances. In 2011 they won their first ever FIBA Africa...
    
    
  • Tunisia women's national basketball team
    Tunisia women's national basketball team
    Tunisia women's national basketball team is the nationally-controlled basketball team representing Tunisia at world basketball competitions for women. In 2007, they were the third highest ranked African team in the world after Senegal and Nigeria....
    
    
• Football in Tunisia
  Football in Tunisia
  Football is the most popular sport in Tunisia.The game is played nationwide and at a competitive level in the 4 regions and 24 governorates that make up the country....
  
  
  • Fédération Tunisienne de Football
    Fédération Tunisienne de Football
    The Fédération Tunisienne de Football is the governing body of football in Tunisia. It was established in 1956.-Clubs:Clubs that have participated in the Division Nationale de Football between 1956 and 1996:*AMS Association Mégrine Sportive...
    
    
  • Tunisian Coupe de la Ligue Professionnelle
    Tunisian Coupe de la Ligue Professionnelle
    The Coupe de la Ligue Professionelle was the top knockout tournament for the Tunisian league football clubs. It was created in 1999 with the intention of being played among the two top Tunisian football divisions with some invited teams, like the "Selection 2001" in the 2000/2001 season for...
    
    
  • Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
    Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
    The CLP-1 or "Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1" is the top division of the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. It was created in 1921.-History:...
    
    
  • Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
    Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
    The Ligue Professionelle 2 is the second football level in Tunisia, under Ligue Professionelle 1 which is the top level of Tunisian football. Contested by 14 clubs, playing each other twice during the season, the top two teams are promoted at the end of the season, whilst the bottom two teams are...
    
    
  • Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3
    Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3
    It is the 3rd tier of football in Tunisia. 16 teams compete at this level for the top 2 spots of promotion to the Ligue Professionelle 2, which is Ligue2, LP2, this league is semi-professional.-Current season 2008/2009 clubs:...
    
    
  • Tunisia national football team
    Tunisia national football team
    The Tunisia national football team , nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage , is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. They have qualified for four FIFA World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round...
    
    
  • Tunisia women's national football team
    Tunisia women's national football team
    The Tunisia national women's football team, is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football.-World Cup record:-Performance in Summer Olympics:*Women's Olympic Football:**1996 : Africa not eligible...
    
    
  • Tunisian President Cup
    Tunisian President Cup
    The "Tunisian President Cup" mostly known as the Tunisian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Tunisian football. It was created in 1922.-Winners before independence:*1922/23 : Avant Garde *1923/24 : Racing Club...
    
    
  • Tunisian Triangle
    Tunisian Triangle
    The Tunisian Triangle is a football term involving Tunisias three big clubswhich are Espérance of the capital, Club Africain and Étoile du Sahel....
    
    
• Tunisia national futsal team
  Tunisia national futsal team
  The Tunisian national futsal team, nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage , represents Tunisia in international and African futsal competitions...
  
  
• Handball in Tunisia
  • Tunisia national handball team
    Tunisia national handball team
    The Tunisian national handball team is the national handball team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Tunisian Handball Federation.The Tunisian handball League was founded in 1953...
    
    
  • Tunisia women's national handball team
    Tunisia women's national handball team
    The Tunisia women's national handball team is the national team of Tunisia. It is governed by the Tunisia Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions.- World Women's Handball Championships :...
    
    
• Tunisia at the Mediterranean Games
  • Tunisia at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
    Tunisia at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
    Tunisia competed at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. The nation had a total number of 124 participants .- Gold:30px Athletics*Men's 400 metres: Soufiene Laabidi*Women's 1500 metres: Fatima Langouar...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
    Tunisia at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
    Tunisia sent 130 athletes to the 2009 Mediterranean Games. Tunisians competed in 17 different sporting disciplines, with 46 competing in team sports and 84 competing individually.- Medalists :...
    
    
• Tunisia at the Olympics
  Tunisia at the Olympics
  Tunisia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1960, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics...
  
  
  • Tunisia at the 1960 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 1960 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 42 competitors, all men, took part in 22 events in 7 sports.-Fencing:Four fencers represented Tunisia in 1960.Men's foil* Norbert Brami...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
    - Silver:* Mohammed Gammoudi — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres- Bronze:* Habib Galhia — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight-References:**...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
    - Gold:* Mohammed Gammoudi — Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres- Bronze:* Mohammed Gammoudi — Athletics, Men's 10.000 metres-References:**...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    -Athletics:Men's 800 metres*Mansour Guettaya* Heat — 1:49.4* Semifinals — 1:49.8 Men's 1500 metres*Mansour Guettaya* Heat — 3:43.9 -Boxing:Men's Flyweight * Ali Gharbi* First Round — Bye...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
    During the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, Tunisia, along with many other countries, boycotted due to the participation of New Zealand, who still had sporting links with South Africa....
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.-Athletics:Men's 5,000 metres* Fethi Baccouche...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.-Athletics:Men's 3.000m Steeplechase* Fathi Baccouche-Swimming:Women's 50m Freestyle* Senda Gharbi*# Heat – 27.34...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
    -Athletics:Men's 5.000 metres*Mahmoud Kalboussi* Heat — 13:55.01 Men's 400m Hurdles*Fadhel Khayati* Heat — DNS -Sailing:Men's Sailboard *Karim Chammari...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Bronze:* Fethi Missaoui — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight-Athletics:Men's 1,500 metres* Ali HakimiMen's Marathon* Tahar Mansouri — 2:18.06...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    -Athletics:Men's 400 m*Soufiene Labidi* Round 1 — 45.84* Round 2 — 46.01 Men's 800 m*Mohamed Habib Belhadj* Round 1 — 01:49.14 Men's 3000 m Steeplechase*Lotfi Turki...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    -Athletics:Race walker Hatem Ghoula stayed with the leading group through 10 km, but fell back after that and came in more than 3 minutes behind to post Tunisia's best result of the Games in athletics...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    Tunisia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country was represented by 28 athletes competing in 10 sports.-Medalists:- Athletics:- Boxing:...
    
    
• Tunisia at the Paralympics
  Tunisia at the Paralympics
  Tunisia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul. It was represented by a single athlete, Monaam Elabed, who won two bronze medals in athletics. The country has competed in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, although it has never taken part in the...
  
  
  • Tunisia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
    Tunisia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
    Tunisia participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. Tunisians athletes won a total of eight gold medals, seven silver and three bronze.-See also:*2004 Summer Paralympics*Tunisia at the Paralympics*Tunisia at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
    
    
  • Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
    Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
    Tunisia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by 35 athletes .-See also:*2008 Summer Paralympics*Tunisia at the Paralympics*Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
    
    
• Tunisia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
  Tunisia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
  Tunisia compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August in Berlin.-Team selection:Track and road eventsField and combined events-Men:Track and road eventsField and combined events-Women:Track and road events...
  
  
• Tunisia at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
  Tunisia at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
  Tunisia competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010.-Medalists:...
  
  
• Rugby union in Tunisia
  Rugby union in Tunisia
  Rugby union in Tunisia is a significant sport. They are currently ranked 35th in the world, with 15,057 registered players , and 72 clubs.-Governing body:...
  
  
  • Tunisia national rugby union team
    Tunisia national rugby union team
    The Tunisia national rugby union team is the national team of Tunisia, a third tier rugby union nation. They first started competing in 1979 and they competed, unsuccessfully in the African qualification for the 2007 Rugby World Cup....
    
    
  • Tunisia national rugby union team (sevens)
    Tunisia national rugby union team (sevens)
    The Tunisia national rugby union sevens team compete in the World Sevens Series, and Rugby World Cup Sevens. They have been competing on and off at the Hong Kong Sevens, since 1989, which was their first time there.-Current squad:...
    
    
  • Tunisian Rugby Federation
• Tunisia men's national volleyball team
  Tunisia men's national volleyball team
  The Tunisia men's national volleyball team represents Tunisia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches...
  
  
• Tunisia men's national water polo team
  Tunisia men's national water polo team
  The Tunisia men's national water polo team is the representative for Tunisia in international men's water polo.-FINA World League:* 2002 — Didn't participate* 2003 — Didn't participate* 2004 — Didn't participate* 2005 — Didn't participate...
  
  
• Tennis in Tunisia
  • Tunis Open
    Tunis Open
    The Tunis Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Tennis Club de Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia, since 2005....
    
    
  • Tunisia Davis Cup team
    Tunisia Davis Cup team
    The Tunisia Davis Cup team represents Tunisia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Tunisienne de Tennis.Tunisia currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group III. They have competed in Group II on three occasions....
    
    
  • Tunisia Fed Cup team
    Tunisia Fed Cup team
    The Tunisia Fed Cup team represents Tunisia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Tunisienne de Tennis. They have not competed since 2006.-History:...
    
    

Economy and infrastructure of Tunisia

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 77th (seventy-seventh)

• Agriculture in Tunisia
• Banking in Tunisia
  • Central Bank of Tunisia
    Central Bank of Tunisia
    The Central Bank of Tunisia is the central bank of Tunisia. The bank is located in Tunis and its current governor is Mustapha Kamel Nabli, who replaced Taoufik Baccar on 17 January 2011.-History:...
    
    
  • List of banks in Tunisia
• Communications in Tunisia
  Communications in Tunisia
  Telecommunications in Tunisia includes telephones , radio, television, and the Internet. The Ministry of Communication Technologies, a cabinet-level governmental agency, is in charge of organizing the sector.-Telephones:...
  
  
  • Internet in Tunisia
    Internet in Tunisia
    The Internet in Tunisia reached 1.7 million users in 2008.-Access:Tunisia has one of the most developed telecommunications infrastructures in North Africa with broadband prices among the lowest in Africa. Internet access is available throughout the country using a fibre-optic backbone and...
    
    
    • Internet censorship in Tunisia
      Internet censorship in Tunisia
      Internet censorship in Tunisia significantly decreased in January 2011, following the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as the new acting government removed filters on social networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube....
      
      
    • Tunisian Internet Agency
      Tunisian Internet Agency
      The Tunisian Internet Agency, known by its acronym ATI and created on 12 March 1996, is the principal Tunisian ISP...
      
      
  • Telephone numbers in Tunisia
    Telephone numbers in Tunisia
    -Calling formats:To call in Tunisia, the following format is used:y xxx xxx Calls within an area code+216 y xxx xxxx Calls from outside Tunisia00 International Direct Dialing code-List of area codes in Tunisia:...
    
    
• Companies of Tunisia
  • Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activites Petroliere
    Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activites Petroliere
    Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières is a state-owned industrial and commercial company in Tunisia directly in charge of the petroleum sector as well as the state's partnerships with foreign exploration and production operators.-Overview:...
    
     (state-owned
    Government-owned corporation
    A government-owned corporation, state-owned company, state-owned entity, state enterprise, publicly owned corporation, government business enterprise, or parastatal is a legal entity created by a government to undertake commercial activities on behalf of an owner government...
    
    )
    • Numhyd
      Numhyd
      Numhyd is an oil company founded on 4 April 2003, jointly owned and managed by Algeria's SONATRACH and Tunisia's ETAP, who each own 50%. It is registered in Jersey, with offices in Algiers and Tunis. Its operations include oil fields in the Illizi basin and the Kaboudia area offshore in Tunisia...
      
      
  • Tunisian Railways
    Tunisian Railways
    The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens , abbreviated SNCFT, is the national railway of Tunisia and under the direction of the Ministry of Transport. SNCFT was founded on December 27, 1956. Headquartered in Tunis the company employs about 6000 people...
    
    
  • Tunisiana
    Tunisiana
    Tunisiana is a private telecommunications company in Tunisia.Set up with capital of 330 million Tunisian dinars, it was founded on 11 May 2002....
    
     (owned by Orascom Telecom Holding
    Orascom Telecom Holding
    Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. is a leading international telecommunications company operating GSM networks in the Middle East, Africa, Canada and Asia. It started its operations in Egypt by launching the first egyptian mobile operator in 1998, ....
    
    )
• Currency of Tunisia
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Dinar
  Tunisian dinar
  The dinar is the currency of Tunisia. It is subdivided into 1000 milim or millimes . The abbreviation DT is often used in Tunisia, although writing "dinar" after the amount is also acceptable ; the abbreviation TD is also mentioned in a few places, but is less frequently used, given the common use...
  
  
  • Tunisian duro
    Tunisian duro
    The Tunisian duro is the nickname of the small silver coin that is part of the Tunisian currency. The value of the coin is five millimes or 0.005 of a Tunisian dinar, and is the smallest denomination currently being minted . These coins can be found on the ground since they don't have value....
    
    
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : TND
    TND
    TND can mean multiple things:* Tomorrow Never Dies, James Bond 007 movie* Tunisian dinar, the ISO 4217 code for the currency of Tunisia* Traditional Neighborhood Development , a form of development associated with New Urbanism...
    
    
• Economic history of Tunisia
• Energy in Tunisia
  • Energy policy of Tunisia
  • Oil industry in Tunisia
• Health care in Tunisia
• Mining in Tunisia
• Stock exchange: Bourse de Tunis
  Bourse de Tunis
  The Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de Tunis or Bourse de Tunis is a stock exchange based in Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 1969, and currently lists around 50 stocks....
  
  
• Tourism in Tunisia
  Tourism in Tunisia
  Among Tunisia's tourist attractions are its cosmopolitan capital city of Tunis, the ancient ruins of Carthage, the Muslim and Jewish quarters of Jerba, and coastal resorts outside of Monastir...
  
  
• Trade unions in Tunisia
  • Confédération Générale des Travailleurs Tunisiens
    Confédération Générale des Travailleurs Tunisiens
    Confédération Générale des Travailleurs Tunisiens was a central trade union organisation in Tunisia. Founded in 1924, it was the first Tunisian trade union central. However, the French colonial authorities soon clamped down on the organization. Several of its leaders were arrested. Six of them,...
    
    
  • Tunisian General Labour Union
  • Union Syndicale des Travailleurs de Tunisie
    Union Syndicale des Travailleurs de Tunisie
    Union Syndicale des Travailleurs de Tunisie was a central trade union organisation in Tunisia. Founded around 1946, as the Tunisian branch of the French trade union confederation CGT separated itself from the mother organization....
    
    
  • Union des Travailleurs Tunisiens
    Union des Travailleurs Tunisiens
    Union des Travailleurs Tunisiens was a central trade union organisation in Tunisia. Founded in 1956, as split from the UGTT. UTT was founded by Habib Achour, who opposed the policies of UGTT General Secretary Ahmed Ben Sallah...
    
    
  • Transport in Tunisia
    Transport in Tunisia
    Tunisia has a number of international airports to service its sizable tourist trade. Tunis is the center of the transport system as the largest city having the largest port and a light transit system.- Railways :...
    
    
  • Air transport in Tunisia
    • Airlines in Tunisia
      • Karthago Airlines
        Karthago Airlines
        Karthago Airlines is a privately owned airline based in Tunis, Tunisia, operating scheduled charter flights to Europe. Its main base is Djerba-Zarzis Airport, but most of the flights are out of Tunis-Carthage International Airport.-History:...
        
        
      • Nouvelair
        Nouvelair
        Nouvelair Limited Company is a Tunisian airline with its registered office in Tunis, while its head office in the Dhkila Tourist Zone in Monastir, near the Hôtel Sahara Beach. The airline operates tourist charters from European cities to Tunisian holiday resorts...
        
        
      • Sevenair
      • SBA Airlines (planned)
      • Tunisair
        Tunisair
        Société Tunisienne de l'Air, or Tunisair is the flag carrier airline of Tunisia. Formed in 1948, it operates scheduled international services to European, African and Middle Eastern destinations. Its main base is Tunis-Carthage International Airport...
        
        
    • Airports in Tunisia
      • Borj El Amri Airport
      • Djerba–Zarzis International Airport
      • Monastir – Habib Bourguiba International Airport
      • Tozeur–Nefta International Airport
      • Sfax–Thyna International Airport
      • Tunis–Carthage International Airport
      • Enfidha–Enfidha International Airport
  • Rail transport in Tunisia
    Rail transport in Tunisia
    Rail Transport in Tunisia is provided by:* Tunisian Railways * Société des transports de Tunis, manages commuter trains of the Tunis area including metro light rail and TGM* Lézard rouge, a historical tourist train...
    
    
    • Railway stations in Tunisia
      Railway stations in Tunisia
      Railway stations in Tunisia include:- Maps :* - Existing :- Proposed :* Gabès - Tunisia railhead 1000 mm gauge*...
      
      
    • List of Tunis Metro stations
    • Métro léger de Tunis
      Métro léger de Tunis
      The Métro léger de Tunis is an expanding public transportation network for the Tunis area that was started in 1985...
      
      
    • Société des transports de Tunis
      Société des transports de Tunis
      The Société des transports de Tunis or Transtu is the parastatal authority to manage public mass transit in the greater Tunis area. It supervises the bus network, the Métro léger de Tunis and the TGM rail link to La Marsa...
      
      
    • TGM
      TGM
      Tunis-Goulette-Marsa or TGM is a 19 km Tunisian railway line linking the capital Tunis with La Marsa via La Goulette.The TGM was the first railway in Tunisia and inaugurated in 1872. Since 1905 it has been known as the TGM...
      
      
  • Roads in Tunisia
    • Speed limits in Tunisia
      Speed limits in Tunisia
      The general speed limits in Tunisia are:*50 km/h on public roads within an urban area*90 km/h on public roads outside an urban area which is not a freeway; and*110 km/h on freeways....
      
      
• Water supply and sanitation in Tunisia
  Water supply and sanitation in Tunisia
  Tunisia has achieved the highest access rates to water supply and sanitation services among the MENA countries through sound infrastructure policy. 96% of urban dwellers and 52% of the rural population already have access to improved sanitation. By the end of 2006, the access to safe drinking water...
  
  

Education in Tunisia

• List of schools in Tunisia
• List of universities in Tunisia

See also

• Index of Tunisia-related articles
  Index of Tunisia-related articles
  Tunisia, officially the Tunisian Republic, is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area is almost , with an estimated population of just over 10.4 million...
  
  
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Africa
  Outline of Africa
  The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to the continent Africa:Africa – world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia.-Geography of Africa:* Atlas of Africa* List of cities in Africa...
  
  
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  

External links

• FaceOmmek.com the social networking website in Tunisia
• Photos of Tunisia TounesForum (Votre Guide de Sortie en Tunisie) Tunisia Government official site Tunisia Chamber of Deputies official site
• The North Africa Journal business news
• Tunisia Media Online government-sourced News and Views of the Maghreb
• AllAfrica.com – Tunisia news headline links
• BBC News Country Profile – Tunisia
• Encyclopedia Britannica, Tunisia – Country Page
• Tunisia on arab.net
• CIA World Factbook – Tunisia country info & who's who
• Tunisland The Biggest Video Website For Everything Tunisian
• Everything about Tunisia
• Nawaat
• Tunisian online demonstration as protest against dictatorship
• For the liberation of Political Prisoners in Tunisia
• TunisiaOnline
• The tunisian law from Jurispedia
  Jurispedia
  Jurispedia is a wiki encyclopedia of academic law in many languages, currently available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch. It was started in October of 2004, inspired in part by Wikipedia and the Enciclopedia Libre...
  
  
• Tunisia Daily List of catholic marriages in Tunisia 1801 1949 Tunisia Today
• Tunisian Community Center (the Organization of Tunisian-Americans)