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

Tunisia 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 m ...

– northernmost country in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

situated on the southern coast of the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...

. Tunisia is the smallest of the nations situated along the

Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. They separate the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range, which stretches around through M ...

. The south of the country is composed of the

Sahara desert The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...

, with much of the remainder consisting of particularly fertile soil and of coastline. In ancient times, Tunisia was the home of the famous

Phoenicia Phoenicians were an Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples, ancient Semitic group of people who lived in the Phoenician city-states along a coastal strip in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily modern Lebanon and the Syria, Syrian ...

n city of

Carthage Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classic ...

General reference

* Pronunciation: , ; ,

Berber Berber or Berbers may refer to: Ethnic group * Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa * Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages Places * Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile People with the surname * Ady Berber (1913–196 ...

: Tunes) * Common English country name:

* Official English country name: The Tunisian Republic * Adjectival(s):

n * Etymology: Name of Tunisia * International rankings of Tunisia * ISO country codes: TN, TUN, 788 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:TN * Internet country code top-level domain: .tn

Geography of Tunisia

Geography of Tunisia * Tunisia is: a

country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may refer to a sovereign state, state with limited recognition, constituent country, ...

* Location ** Tunisia is situated within the following regions: ***

Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined by humans as being in the same celestial sphere, celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the Solar ...

and Eastern Hemisphere ***

****

Sahara Desert The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...

****

North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...

*****

Maghreb The Maghreb (; ), also known as the Arab Maghreb () and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The Maghreb al ...

Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...

: UTC+01 ** Extreme points of Tunisia *** High: Jebel ech Chambi *** Low: Shatt al Gharsah ** Land boundaries: 1,424 km :: 965 km :: 459 km :* Coastline:

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 * Ecoregions in Tunisia * Protected areas of Tunisia ** Biosphere reserves in Tunisia ** National parks of Tunisia * Wildlife of Tunisia ** Fauna of Tunisia *** Birds of Tunisia *** Mammals of Tunisia

Natural geographic features of Tunisia

* Cap Bon (also known as Sharik Peninsula) *

Ras ben Sakka Ras ben Sakka (), the tip of Cape Angela in northern Tunisia, was considered the northernmost point of the African continent until 2014, when this was replaced by Cape Angela. It is located from Bizerte and to the northeast of Ichkeul Lak ...

(northernmost point of

) * Strait of Sicily * World Heritage Sites in Tunisia

lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') an ...

) * Tunisian salt lakes ** Chott el Djerid ( salt lake)

= Mountains of Tunisia

= *

* Aurès Mountains * Jebel ech Chambi (highest mountain in Tunisia–) * Djebel Zaghouan

= Rivers of Tunisia

= *

Medjerda River The Medjerda River (), the classical antiquity, classical Bagradas, is a river in North Africa flowing from northeast Algeria through Tunisia before emptying into the Gulf of Tunis and Lake of Tunis. With a length of , it is the longest river of ...

(longest river of Tunisia)

Regions of Tunisia

Ecoregions of Tunisia

Administrative divisions of Tunisia

Subdivisions of Tunisia *

Governorates of Tunisia Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates (''wilayat'', sing. ''wilayah''). This term in Arabic can also be translated as province. The governorates are divided into 264 delegations (''mutamadiyat''), and further subdivided into municipalitie ...

** Lists of Tunisian governorates *** 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

= Governorates of Tunisia

* Ariana * Béja * Ben Arous *

Bizerte Bizerte (, ) is the capital and largest city of Bizerte Governorate in northern Tunisia. It is the List of northernmost items, northernmost city in Africa, located north of the capital Tunis. It is also known as the last town to remain under Fr ...

* Gabès * Gafsa *

Jendouba Jendouba ( ; Formerly known as Souk El Arba until 30 April 1966) is a city in northwestern Tunisia, and capital of the Jendouba Governorate. It is an important crossroads with many road links to other towns such as El Kef, Tabarka, Ain Draham ...

* Kairouan *

Kasserine Kasserine (, Tunisian Arabic: ڨصرين ') is the capital city of the Kasserine Governorate, in west-central Tunisia. It is situated below Jebel ech Chambi ( جبل الشعانبي), Tunisia's highest mountain. Its population is 114,463 (2020). ...

* Kebili * Kef * Mahdia * Manouba * Medenine * Monastir * Nabeul * Sfax * Sidi Bouzid * Siliana *

Sousse Sousse, Sūsah , or Soussa (, ), is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which ...

* Tataouine * Tozeur *

Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casabl ...

* Zaghouan

= Delegations of Tunisia

= Delegations of Tunisia The governorates of

are divided into 262 "delegations" or "

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

s" (''mutamadiyat'').

= Settlements

= List of cities in Tunisia *

(

capital city A capital city, or just capital, is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state (polity), state, province, department (administrative division), department, or other administrative division, subnational division, usually as its ...

, most populous city) * Sfax

Demography of Tunisia

Demographics of Tunisia * Berber Jews ** History of the Jews in Tunisia * Mrazig

Government and politics of Tunisia

Politics of Tunisia *

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a m ...

: unitary presidential representative democratic

republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...

* Capital of Tunisia:

* Elections in Tunisia * 2010–2011 Tunisian uprising

Branches of the government of Tunisia

Government of Tunisia

Executive branch of the government of Tunisia

Head of state A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state.#Foakes, Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

President of Tunisia The president of Tunisia, officially the president of the Republic of Tunisia (), is the executive head of state of Tunisia. The president exercises executive power with the assistance of a government headed by the Prime Minister of Tunisia, pr ...

, Kais Saied *

Head of government In the Executive (government), executive branch, the head of government is the highest or the second-highest official of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presid ...

Prime Minister of Tunisia A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. A natural number greater than 1 that is not prime is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime because the only ways ...

, Ahmed Hachani led by whom

, Kais Saied * Cabinet of Tunisia ** Ministries of Tunisia *** Ministry of Communication Technologies ***

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

*** Ministry of Regional Development

Legislative branch of the government of Tunisia

* The National Council of Regions and Regions * Parliament of Tunisia: Assembly of the Representatives of the People (

Bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate Deliberative assembly, assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate ...

since 2022)

Judicial branch of the government of Tunisia

Court system of Tunisia * Court of Cassation – highest court of Tunisia.

Foreign relations of Tunisia

Foreign relations of Tunisia * Diplomatic missions in Tunisia * Diplomatic missions of Tunisia * Tunisia Monitoring Group * Tunisia – United States relations

International organization membership

The Tunisian Republic is a member of: * African Development Bank Group (AfDB) *

African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the African Union. The b ...

(AU) * Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA) * Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) * Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) * Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) * Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC) (observer) * European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) *

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; . (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, , translates ...

(FAO) * Group of 77 (G77) *

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear technology, nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was ...

(IAEA) * International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) * International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) *

International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international sch ...

(ICAO) * International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) () is a development finance institution which offers concessional loans and grant (money), grants to the world's poorest developing country, developing countries. The IDA is a member of the World ...

(IDA) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 191 member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

(IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) * International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) *

International Hydrographic Organization The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) (French: ''Organisation Hydrographique Internationale'') is an intergovernmental organization representing hydrography. the IHO comprised 102 member states. A principal aim of the IHO is to ...

(IHO) *

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is one of the firs ...

(ILO) *

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO; ; ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating maritime transport. The IMO was established following agreement at a ...

(IMO) * International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) *

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...

(IMF) *

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based i ...

(IOC) * International Organization for Migration (IOM) *

International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. M ...

(ISO) *

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a Humanitarianism, humanitarian movement with approximately 16million volunteering, volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ...

(ICRM) *

International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)In the other common languages of the ITU: * * is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information ...

(ITU) * International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) *

International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC; ; ; ) is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation was formed on 1 November 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) a ...

(ITUC) *

Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; , UIP) is an international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and cooperation among its members; other initiatives include advancing g ...

(IPU) * Islamic Development Bank (IDB) * League of Arab States (LAS) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) * Nonaligned Movement (NAM) *'' Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' (OIF) *

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC; ; ), formerly the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1969. It consists of Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, 57 member s ...

(OIC) * Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (partner) * Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) *

Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; ; ; ) is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, the OAS is ...

(OAS) (observer) *

Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC; ) is a multi-governmental organization headquartered in Kuwait which coordinates energy policies among oil-producing Arab states. OAPEC's primary objective is safeguarding the cooper ...

(OAPEC) (suspended) *

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

(UN) * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) *

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, scien ...

(UNESCO) *

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, l ...

(UNHCR) *

United Nations Industrial Development Organization The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in e ...

(UNIDO) * United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) * United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) * Universal Postal Union (UPU) *

World Customs Organization The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Notable projects include its collaboration with the WTO on trade facilitation and the implementation of the SAFE Framework of Standar ...

(WCO) *

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade union, trade unions established on October 3, 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the Int ...

(WFTU) *

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Gen ...

(WHO) *

World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; (OMPI)) is one of the 15 specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). Pursuant to the 1967 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO was created to pr ...

(WIPO) *

World Meteorological Organization The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology an ...

(WMO) *

World Tourism Organization The United Nations World Tourism Organization or UN Tourism (formerly UNWTO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which promotes responsible, sustainable and universally-accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. Othe ...

(UNWTO) *

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade. Governments use the organization to establish, revise, and enforce the rules that g ...

(WTO)

Law and order in Tunisia

Law of Tunisia * Constitution of Tunisia * Crime in Tunisia ** Polygamy in Tunisia ** Prostitution in Tunisia (mostly ignored) * Human rights in Tunisia ** Code of Personal Status ** LGBT rights in Tunisia ** Freedom of speech in Tunisia *** Censorship in Tunisia **** Internet censorship in Tunisia *** Tunisia Monitoring Group * Law enforcement in Tunisia ** Tunisian National Guard ** Tunisian Police * Tunisian passports ** Visa requirements for Tunisian citizens * Speed limits in Tunisia

Military of Tunisia

Military of Tunisia * Command ** Commander-in-chief: *** Ministry of Defence of Tunisia * Forces ** Army of Tunisia ** Navy of Tunisia ** Air Force of Tunisia ** Special Forces Group (G.F.C) * Military history of Tunisia

Political parties in Tunisia

List of political parties in Tunisia * Congress for the Republic * Constitutional Democratic Rally * Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties * Democratic Modernist Pole * Destour * Ennahda Movement * Movement of Socialist Democrats * Neo Destour * Party of People's Unity * Popular Petition * Progressive Democratic Party * Social Liberal Party * Socialist Destourian Party * Tunisian Communist Party * Tunisian Workers' Communist Party * Unionist Democratic Union

Politicians of Tunisia

* List of presidents of Tunisia **

Habib Bourguiba Habib Bourguiba (3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the Head of Government of Tunisia, prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of Tunisia from 1 ...

** Zine El Abidine Ben Ali *

** Hédi Baccouche ** Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ** Mohamed Ghannouchi ** Hamed Karoui ** Mohammed Mzali ** Hedi Amara Nouira ** Rachid Sfar

Local government in Tunisia

* Carthage Palace (The official residence of the President of the Republic of Tunisia) * the government palace (The official residence of the Prime Minister and meetings of the Council of Ministers) * Bardo Palace (The seat of the Tunisian parliament) .

History of Tunisia

History of Tunisia * History of North Africa

By period

** History of early Tunisia ** History of Carthage ***

**** Carthago delenda est ** History of Roman-era Tunisia /

Africa (Roman province) Africa was a Roman province on the northern coast of the continent of Africa. It was established in 146 BC, following the Roman Republic's conquest of ancient Carthage, Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of ...

***

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. The diocese in ...

* History of early Islamic Tunisia * History of medieval Tunisia **

Ifriqiya Ifriqiya ( '), also known as al-Maghrib al-Adna (), was a medieval historical region comprising today's Tunisia, eastern Algeria, and Tripolitania (roughly western Libya). It included all of what had previously been the Byzantine province of ...

* Ottoman Tunisia ** Barbary pirates *** Barbary slave trade * History of French-era Tunisia ** French conquest of Tunisia *** Treaty of Bardo (1881) ** French protectorate of Tunisia *** Tunisia during World War II **** Tunisia Campaign *

History of modern Tunisia In its modern history, Tunisia is a sovereign republic, officially called the Republic of Tunisia. Tunisia has over Demographics of Tunisia, ten million citizens, almost all of Arab-Berber descent. The Mediterranean Sea is to the north and east, ...

** Arab Islamic Republic – proposed Libya-Tunisia union, 1974 ** Tunisian Revolution ** 2013–14 Tunisian protests

By subject

Dynasties of Tunisia

Aghlabids The Aghlabid dynasty () was an Arab dynasty centered in Ifriqiya (roughly present-day Tunisia) from 800 to 909 that conquered parts of Sicily, Southern Italy, and possibly Sardinia, nominally as vassals of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Aghlabids ...

Fatimid Caliphate The Fatimid Caliphate (; ), also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty. Spanning a large area of North Africa and West Asia, i ...

* Zirid Dynasty * Almohad Caliphate * Hafsid dynasty * Husainid Dynasty ** List of Beys of Tunis

Economic history of Tunisia

* Second Tunisia Plan * Third Tunisia Plan * Fourth Tunisia Plan * Fifth Tunisia Plan * Sixth Tunisia Plan * Seventh Tunisia Plan * Ninth Tunisia Plan

Military history of Tunisia

* Battle of Adys (255 BC) * Battle of Tunis (255 BC) * Battle of the Great Plains (203 BC) * Battle of Zama (202 BC) * Battle of Carthage (c. 149 BC) * Battle of Ruspina (46 BC) * Battle of Thapsus (46 BC) * Battle of Carthage (238) *

Vandalic War The Vandalic War (533–534) was a conflict fought in North Africa between the forces of the Byzantine Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire) and the Germanic Vandal Kingdom. It was the first war of Emperor Justinian I's , wherein the ...

(533–534) ** Battle of Ad Decimum (533) ** Battle of Tricamarum (533) * Battle of Carthage (698) * Mahdia campaign (1087) * Conquest of Tunis (1535) * Battle of Djerba (1560) * Barbary Wars ** First Barbary War (1801–1805) ** Second Barbary War (1815) * Battle of Cape Bon (1941) * Tunisia Campaign (1942–1943) * Tunisian independence (1952–1956) * Operation Wooden Leg (1985)

Culture of Tunisia

Culture of Tunisia * Languages of Tunisia ** Northern Berber languages ** Sened language (extinct) ** Shilha language **

Tunisian Arabic Tunisian Arabic, or simply Tunisian (), is a Varieties of Arabic, variety of Arabic spoken in Tunisia. It is known among its 13 million speakers as ''Tūnsi'', "Tunisian" or ''Maghrebi Arabic, Derja'' (; meaning "common or everyday dialect") t ...

* Museums in Tunisia * National symbols of Tunisia ** Coat of arms of Tunisia **

Flag of Tunisia The national flag of Tunisia is a rectangular panel of red color with an aspect ratio of 2:3. In the center of the cloth in a white disk is placed a red crescent, surrounding a red five-pointed star on three sides. The Beylik of Tunis, Tunisian Be ...

** National anthem of Tunisia (Humat al-Hima) ** Nichan Iftikhar ( order) * People of Tunisia ** Italian Tunisians * Prostitution in Tunisia * Public holidays in Tunisia * Recreation in Tunisia ** Caving in Tunisia * World Heritage Sites in Tunisia

Arts in Tunisia

* Art in Tunisia ** Tunisian collaborative painting * Cinema of Tunisia * List of Tunisian films * Literature of Tunisia * Music of Tunisia ** Checkpoint 303 ** Mezwed ** Tunisia in the Eurovision Song Contest ** Tunisian underground music * Television in Tunisia * Theatre in Tunisia ** National Theatre of Tunisia

Cuisine of Tunisia

Cuisine of Tunisia * Brik * Chermoula * Couscous *

Harissa Harissa (, from Maghrebi Arabic) is a hot chili pepper paste, native to the Maghreb. The main ingredients are roasting#Vegetables, roasted chili pepper, red peppers, Baklouti peppers (), spices and herbs such as garlic paste, caraway seeds, c ...

* Lablabi * Makroudh * Merguez * Shakshouka * Zlebia

Religion in Tunisia

Religion in Tunisia * Christianity in Tunisia ** Roman Catholicism in Tunisia * Hinduism in Tunisia * Islam in Tunisia * Judaism in Tunisia

Sports in Tunisia

Sports in Tunisia * List of Tunisian records in athletics * Tunis Sports City * Basketball in Tunisia ** Tunisia national basketball team ** Tunisia women's national basketball team * Football in Tunisia ** Tunisian Football Federation ** Tunisian Coupe de la Ligue Professionnelle **

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, formerly known as the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994, is the highest-level association football, football tournament in Tunisia and is organized by the Tunisian Football Federation and t ...

** Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 ** Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 3 ** Tunisia national football team ** Tunisia women's national football team ** Tunisian President Cup * Tunisia national futsal team * Handball in Tunisia **

Tunisia men's national handball team The Tunisia men's national handball team, (), nicknamed ''Eagles of Carthage'', is the national hanhandball team of Tunisia. It is controlled by the Tunisian Handball Federation (THF) and takes part i ...

Economy and infrastructure of Tunisia

Economy of Tunisia * Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 77th (seventy-seventh) * Banking in Tunisia ** Central Bank of Tunisia ** List of banks in Tunisia * Communications in Tunisia ** Internet in Tunisia *** Internet censorship in Tunisia *** Tunisian Internet Agency ** Telephone numbers in Tunisia * Companies of Tunisia ** Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières ( state-owned) *** Numhyd ** Tunisian Railways ** Tunisiana (owned by Orascom Telecom Holding) * Currency of Tunisia:

Dinar The dinar () is the name of the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, with a more widespread historical use. The English word "dinar" is the transliteration of the Arabic دينار (''dīnār''), which was bor ...

** Tunisian duro **

ISO 4217 ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individ ...

: TND * Economic history of Tunisia * Energy in Tunisia * Health care in Tunisia * Mining in Tunisia * Stock exchange: Bourse de Tunis * Tourism in Tunisia * Trade unions in Tunisia ** Confédération Générale des Travailleurs Tunisiens ** Tunisian General Labour Union ** Union Syndicale des Travailleurs de Tunisie ** Union des Travailleurs Tunisiens ** Transport in Tunisia ** Air transport in Tunisia *** Airlines in Tunisia **** Karthago Airlines **** Nouvelair **** Sevenair **** SBA Airlines (planned) ****

Tunisair Tunisair () is the national airline of Tunisia. Formed in 1948, it operates scheduled international services to four continents. Its main base is Tunis–Carthage International Airport. The airline's head office is in Tunis, near Tunis 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 – Hammamet International Airport ** Rail transport in Tunisia *** Railway stations in Tunisia *** List of Tunis Metro stations *** Métro léger de Tunis *** Société des transports de Tunis *** TGM ** Roads in Tunisia *** Speed limits in Tunisia * Water supply and sanitation in Tunisia

Education in Tunisia

Education in Tunisia * List of schools in Tunisia * List of universities in Tunisia

References

External links

*
Tunisia Government
official site
BBC News Country Profile – ''Tunisia''
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