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Tunisia

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Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through the islands of Sicily and Sardinia to the north and Malta to the east. It features the archaeological sites of Carthage dating back to the 9th century BC, as well as the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Known for its ancient architecture, souks, and blue coasts, it covers 163,610 km2 (63,170 sq mi), and has a population of 12.1 million. It contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert; much of its remaining territory is arable land. Its 1,300 km (810 mi) of coastline includes the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin. Tunisia is home to Africa's northernmost point, Cape Angela. Located on the northeastern coast, Tunis is the capital of the country, which is itself named after Tunis. The official language of Tunisia is Arabic. The vast majority of Tunisia's population is Arab and Muslim. Vernacular Tunisian Arabic is the most spoken language, and French serves as an administrative and educational language in some contexts, but has no official status.

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People are called
Tunisian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+216
Capital
Tunis
Population
11,565,204
Area
163,610 km2
Climate
Mediterranean
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
Tunisian dinar
Languages
Arabic, French, Tamazight
Sells
garments, insulated wire, olive oil, refined petroleum
Sells to
France 22%, Italy 17%, Germany 13%
Land borders
2: Algeria, Libya
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+216
Founded
1956
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Tunisian

These are English demonyms for people from Tunisia. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

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Largest cities

Tunis  capital 693,210
Sfax 280,566
Sousse 221,715
Sukrah 159,862
Kairouan 139,070

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south

Climate zone

Northern hemisphere.

Land borders (2)

Figures from its history

Habib Bourguiba
Habib Bourguiba Founding president Habib Bourguiba was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of Tunisia from 1957 to 1987.
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali President ousted in 2011 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician, military officer and dictator who served as the second president of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011.
Mohamed Bouazizi
Mohamed Bouazizi Street vendor whose death began the Arab Spring Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi was a Tunisian street vendor who, in response to the confiscation of his wares as well as the harassment and humiliation inflicted by municipal officials and their aides, set himself on fire on 17 December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid...

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: climate zone.