Tunisia Country Info - Africa
Description and Basic Information
Tunisia with its capital Tunis is located in Africa (Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea). It covers some 163,611 square kilometres (slightly larger than Georgia) with 10,378,000 citizens. Arabic and French are the the languages commonly used by the people in Tunisia. It is charing borders with Algeria and Libya.
Tunisia is a country in Northern Africa that has a Mediterranean Sea coastline in the very centre of Mediterranean Africa. Although Tunisia is best known today for its beach resort holidays, the country has an amazing heritage with some exceptional archaelogical remains to be explored. Little remains of Carthage, but what does is well presented and an absolute must see for every visitor to Tunisia. Tunisia has some of the most accessible, beautiful Saharan desert scenery. George Lucas fans will recognise the village of Matmata.
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About Tunisia
The landscape featuresmountains in north with hot, dry central plain and semiarid south merges into the Sahara. The average density of population is about 63 per km². The climate in Tunisia can be described as temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers with desert in south. Potential threats by nature are NA.
To reach someone in Tunisia dial +216 prior to a number. There are 1,279,000 installed telephones. And there are 9,754,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".tn". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 24 regions/states in Tunisia we know off.
Heritage Properties
Amphitheatre of El Jem: The impressive ruins of the largest colosseum in North Africa, a huge amphitheatre which could hold up to 35,000 spectators, are found in the small village of El Jem....
Archaeological Site of Carthage: Carthage was founded in the 9th century B.C. on the Gulf of Tunis. From the 6th century onwards, it developed into a great trading empire covering much of the...
Dougga / Thugga: Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, the town of Thugga, built on an elevated site overlooking a fertile plain, was the capital of an important Libyco-Punic state....
Ichkeul National Park: The Ichkeul lake and wetland are a major stopover point for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds, such as ducks, geese, storks and pink flamingoes, who come to...
Demographic Statistics
In the year 2010, the total Tunisian population grew at a rate of 0.97% (or by 102,608 citizens). With 55,486 deaths and 162,118 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.01%. -4,024 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.
An overview of age distribution in Tunisia: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.
Birthrate
The number of people born in Tunisia has declined over the last 10 years by 1 births per thousand from 16.3 in 2001 to 15.3 in 2010. Currently, 162,118 children are born each year.
Natural Deathrate
The number of people naturally dying in Tunisia has rised over the last 10 years by 0.2 deaths per thousand from 5 in 2001 to 5.2 in 2010. Currently, 55,486 people die each year.
Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.
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