The Algeria–Tunisia border is 1,034 km (642 mi) in length and runs from the

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in the north to the tripoint with

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

in the south.

Description

The border starts in the north at the Mediterranean coast, proceeding overland in a broadly southwards directions via a series of overland lines. In the southern sections of the border straight lines predominate, which eventually veer to the south-east down to the tripoint with Libya.

History

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

occupied much of the northern coastal areas of Algeria in the period 1830-47 and Tunisia in 1881, both of which had hitherto been subject to the nominal control of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

.M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, ''A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire'' (Princeton University Press, 2008), 9–10 and 69. France gradually pushed inland, annexing the Saharan areas of Algeria in 1902. The border from the coast south to Bir Ramane was established by various French decrees, notably those of 1888-89 and 1901–01. The sections south of this down to the Libyan tripoint was somewhat vaguer, and appear to have been delimited during the period 1911–23. Tunisia gained independence from France in 1956, followed by Algeria (following a bloody

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

) in 1962. The two states then confirmed the existing boundary between them by an agreement of 6 January 1960, with relations generally being positive.Entelis, John P. with Lisa Arone. "The Maghrib"
''Algeria: a country study''
.

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(December 1993)

Settlements near the border

Algeria

* Lacroix * Roum el Souk * Oued Mougras * Sidi Fhrerib * Mechtat Ahmed * Ouenza * Aïn Zerga * Ain Kouif * Tébessa * Oum Ali

Tunisia

Tabarka Tabarka ( ar, طبرقة ') is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, close to the border with Algeria. Tabarka's history is a mosaic of Berber, Punic, Hellenistic, Roman, Arabic, Genoese and Turkish culture. The town is dominated by ...

* Ain Draham * Ghardimaou * Hennchir Abid * Sakiet Sidi Youssef * Charpin Ville * Haïdra * Ain Amara * Dernaia * Moularès * Tamerza

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