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Tunisia
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تونس
Tunisie
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[1]تونس - الجمهورية التونسية
الجمهورية التونسية دولة عربية تقع في شمال قارة أفريقيا. يحدها من الشمال والشرق البحر الأبيض المتوسط، ومن الجنوب الشرقي الجماهيرية الليبية، ومن الغرب الجزائر. عاصمتها مدينة تونس. تبلغ مساحة الجمهورية التونسية 163,610 كم2. تمتد الصحراء على 40 % من الأراضي التونسية بينما تغطي باقي المساحة تربة خصبة محاذية للبحر. لعبت تونس أدوارا هامة في التاريخ القديم منذ عهد الفينيقيين في قرطاج ثم ما عرف باسم مقاطعة أفريقيا إبان الحكم الروماني لها وكانت تسمى مطمور روما .فتحها المسلمون في القرن السابع الميلادي وأسسوا فيها مدينة القيروان.
أشهر مدنها: تونس ، صفاقس ، ��وسة ، باجة ، بنزرت ، نابل ، القيروان ، قابس ،مدنين ، الحمامات ،ياسمين الحمامات،جربة و توزر.
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Tunisie - République tunisienne
La Tunisie est un pays d'Afrique du Nord appartenant au Maghreb, équivalent de la Tamazgha berbère. Elle est bordée au nord et à l'est par la mer Méditerranée. Sa frontière ouest s’ouvre sur l’Algérie (965 km) et sa frontière sud-est sur la Libye (459 km). Son nom est dérivé de celui de sa capitale, Tunis, située dans le nord du pays.
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Tunisia - Tunisian Republic
The Tunisian Republic, is a country situated on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. 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. Tunisia has borders with ► Algeria and ► Libya, and between Tunisia and ► Sicily lies ► Malta.
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Tunisia
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| Official name
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Tunisian Republic
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| Status
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Independent country since 1956
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| Location
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North Africa
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| Capital
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تونس
Tunis
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| Population
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11,852,032 inhabitants
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| Area
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163,610 square kilometres (63,170 sq mi)
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Arabic (official), French (commonly used)
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| Major religions
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Islam
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| More information
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Tunisia, Geography of Tunisia, History of Tunisia and Politics of Tunisia
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Tunisia - Tunisia (Category).
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General maps
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Map of Tunisia
Carte de Tunisie
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History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Tunisia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Tunisia.
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Carthago's location in Mediterrannean sea's middle
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Punic and roman sites in Tunisia
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Location of Carthage and Carthaginian influence sphere before the First Punic War (264 BC)
Localisation de Carthage et la sphère d'influence carthagienne avant la Première Guerre punique
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Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present Tunisia
Développement territoriale de l'Empire romain 264 AC-192
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The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire; 44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals) AD 14 (death of Augustus) |
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Africa romana end of IInd century
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The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
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Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
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Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman
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Caliphate around 750
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire
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Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
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Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801
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Other maps
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Berber language map
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Satellite maps
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Satellite map
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Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
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- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
- ↑ Romanization: Tunis - Al-Jumhūriyyah at-Tūnisiyyah.
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