Tunisia March 11, 2020 Africa , African Union , Arab League , Arab Spring , Arabic , Arabic language , Bizerte , Carthage , CEN-SAD , colony , Community of Sahel-Saharan States , desert , Djerba , Empire romain , Francophonie , French colony , French language , French protectorate , Gabès , Golfe de Tunis , Hammamet , islam , Maghreb , Mediterranean Sea , Monastir , musulmans , North Africa , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , Ottoman Empire , protectorate , religion , Sahara , Sfax , Sousse , Star Wars , Tataouine , Tatoine , Tatooine , tourism , Tunis , Tunisia , Tunisian republic , Union for the Mediterranean , الجمهورية التونسية Official name Republic of Tunisia Name in local language al-Jumhūrīyah at-Tūnisīyah - الجمهورية التونسية (ar) ; République tunisienne (fr) Continent Africa Subcontinent North Africa Population (ranking: 83e ) 11,582,075 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 1.25 % / year Area 162,155 km² Density 71.43 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 99e )39.861 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 3,447 $USD (2018) GDP growth 2.50 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 76.50 years (2018) Birth rate 20.00 ‰ (2015) Fertility rate 2.30 children / woman (2015) Death rate (ranking ) 5.90 ‰ (2015) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 15.30 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 97.39 % (2015) Official languages Arabic, French Currency Tunisian dinar (TND) HDI (ranking: 125e )0.739 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )62.35 (2018) Government Unitary semi-presidential republic Head of State President Kais Saied National Day 20 March (independence of 1956) ISO Codes TN, TUN Demonym Tunisian Tourists (ranking ) 7,052,000 people (2017)
A democracy difficult to build Tunisia is a state of North Africa, bordered to the north and east by the Mediterranean Sea, to the west by Algeria , and to the south-east by Libya . Its capital Tunis is located in the north-east of the country, at the bottom of the Gulf of Tunis. More than 30% of the territory is occupied by the Sahara Desert, the rest consisting of mountainous regions and fertile plains.
Tourism in Tunisia Tataouine, Tunisia Urban areas (2016) Urban areas Population Tunis 2,751,341 inhabitants Sousse - Monastir 1,018,607 inhabitants Sfax 527,238 inhabitants Bizerte 401,144 inhabitants Nabeul - Hammamet 239,059 inhabitants Gabès 233,585 inhabitants Kairouan 186,653 inhabitants Djerba 163,726 inhabitants Gafsa 128,971 inhabitants Médenine 109,409 inhabitants Kasserine 108,794 inhabitants Tataouine 95,775 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Governorates (Wilayas) Population Area Ariana 599,815 inhabitants 482 km² Béja 305,775 inhabitants 3,740 km² Ben Arous 648,721 inhabitants 761 km² Bizerte 575,012 inhabitants 3,750 km² Gabès 378,065 inhabitants 7,166 km² Gafsa 341,624 inhabitants 7,807 km² Jendouba 403,501 inhabitants 3,100 km² Kairouan 574,964 inhabitants 6,712 km² Kasserine 443,062 inhabitants 8,260 km² Kébili 158,964 inhabitants 22,454 km² Kef 244,538 inhabitants 5,081 km² Mahdia 413,842 inhabitants 2,878 km² Manouba 387,582 inhabitants 1,137 km² Médenine 484,604 inhabitants 9,167 km² Monastir 560,002 inhabitants 1,024 km² Nabeul 803,083 inhabitants 2,840 km² Sfax 970,886 inhabitants 7,545 km² Sidi Bouzid 434,324 inhabitants 7,400 km² Siliana 224,298 inhabitants 4,642 km² Sousse 688,992 inhabitants 2,669 km² Tataouine 149,867 inhabitants 38,889 km² Tozeur 109,771 inhabitants 5,593 km² Tunis 1,073,644 inhabitants 288 km² Zaghouan 179,436 inhabitants 2,820 km²
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