Tunisia
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Tunisia: |
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Climate: |
Tunisia's
climate is temperate in the north, with mild rainy
winters and hot, dry summers.The south of the country is
desert. The terrain in the north is mountainous, which,
moving south, gives way to a hot, dry central plain. The
south is semiarid, and merges into the Sahara. A series
of salt lakes, known as chotts or shatts, lie in an
east-west line at the northern edge of the Sahara,
extending from the Gulf of Gabes into Algeria. The
lowest point is Shatt al Gharsah, at 17 metres below sea
level and the highest is Jebel ech Chambi, at 1, 544
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Language: |
Modern
Standard Arabic is the official language, but Tunisian
Arabic is the local vernacular and is considered
Tunisia's native language. As is the case in the rest of
the Arab League, a local variety of Arabic is used by
the public. Tunisian Arabic is closely related to the
Maltese language.There is also a small minority of
speakers of Shelha, a Berber language. |
| Currency: |
The dinar code: TND is the currency of
Tunisia. It is subdivided into 1000 milim or millimes. |
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Visas: |
http://www.tunisia.visahq.com |
| Population: | The population of Tunisia in 2003 was
estimated by the United Nations at 9, 832, 000, which
placed it as number 82 in population among the 193
nations of the world. In that year approximately 6% of
the population was over 65 years of age, with another
30% of the population under 15 years of age. |
| Capital City: | Tunis is the capital of both Tunisia and
the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city,
with a population of 728, 453 as of 2004; the greater
metropolitan area holds some 2, 412, 500 inhabitants. |
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