AL-JUMHURIYA AT-TUNISIYA (Republic of Tunisia)
Tunis, today |
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| Official Name : | AL-JUMHURIYA AT-TUNISIYA (Republic of Tunisia) |
| Land Area: | 163,610 square kilometres / 63,153 square miles. |
| Population: | 1,075,000 (est July 2005). Density 61.8 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: | Arabic (official), French, Berber. |
| Religions: | Sunni Muslim 97%. |
| Capital: | Tunis. Population 675,000 |
| Currency: | dinar, divided into 1000 millimes. |
| Geography: | Running between the high peaks of the Tunisian Dorsal and the Kroumirie Mountains, is the Mejerda, Tunisia's only perennial river. This valley was once the granary of ancient Rome, and today still the richest grain producing area. The south is marked by a series of chotts (salt lake depressions) that are only filled after heavy rain. Further south is largely sandy desert, much of it part of the Great Eastern Erg. |
National
Flag - Ratio 2:3 | Position
in Africa |
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Climate
in Tunis - elevation 66m / 217ft | |
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