Tunisia

Posted February 24th, 2008 by Anonymous

Tunisia (Arabic: تونس ‎ Tūnis), officially the Tunisian Republic ( الجمهورية التونسية ‎), is a country situated on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast. It is the northernmost African country and the smallest of the nations situated along the Atlas mountain range. Around forty percent of the country is composed of the Sahara desert, with much of the remainder consisting of particularly fertile soil, and a 1300 km coastline. Both played a prominent role in ancient times, first with the famous Phoenician city of Carthage, and later, as the Africa Province, which became known as the bread basket of the Roman Empire.

Government

(French) Tunisia Government official site
(Arabic) Tunisia Chamber of Deputies official site

News

The North Africa Journal business news
Tunisia Media Online government-sourced
(French) (Arabic) (English) News and Views of the Maghreb
AllAfrica.com — Tunisia news headline links

Overviews

BBC News Country Profile — Tunisia
Encyclopedia Britannica, Tunisia — Country Page
Tunisia on arab.net
CIA World Factbook — Tunisia
Open Directory Project — Tunisia directory category
(French) (Arabic) (English) country info & who's who

Tourism

Tunisia travel guide from Wikitravel
Tunisia.com guide to Tunisia

Tunisia tidbits from users.

Through the lenses, Tunisia seems even more beautiful. Biographies and talk about the photography in Tunisia.

The first time I visited Tunisia was in the 1960s not long after the country had gained its independence from France and President Bourguiba was in power. The country was just beginning to dip its toe into the rapidly expanding river of tourism. Tunisia is the northernmost country of Africa situated between Algeria to the wes

Tunisia: Hammamet, Kairouan, Monastir, Port el Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunis, Yasmine...(Sousse, Mahdia, Yasmin Hammamet, Monastir, Hammamet, Sousse El Kantaoui, Hammamet)

Pacchetto viaggio per DJERBAViaggio per DJERBA (Tunisia)

Here’s an interesting little development from Tunisia, courtesy of the folks of Kyocera. It seems that solar power is not just doing its thing and getting rid of other carbon-heavy electricity generation, it’s also bringing people onto the grid who have never had electricity before.

Tunisia

Tunisia ( Arabic : تونس Tūnis), officially the Tunisian Republic ( الجمهورية التونسية ‎), is a country situated on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa

Tunisia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Tunisia national football team ( Arabic : منتخب تونس لكرة القدم ), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage) , is the national team of Tunisia ...