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4 days ago · Tunisia, country of North Africa situated between Algeria and Libya along the Mediterranean Sea. The country’s capital is Tunis, and it has long been a popular tourist attraction. Learn more about Tunisia’s geography, people, culture, economy, and history in this article.
6 days ago · Throughout Tunisia's history many peoples have arrived among the Berbers to settle: most recently the French along with many Italians, before them came the Ottoman Turks with their multi-ethnic rule, yet earlier the Arabs who brought their language and the religion of Islam, and its calendar; before them arrived the Byzantines, and the Vandals.
3 days ago · Website. Official website. Tunis ( Arabic: تونسTūnis ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as " Grand Tunis ", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants.
May 15, 2024 · Tunis, capital and largest city of Tunisia, on the northern African coast, between the western and eastern basins of the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded by the ancient Libyans and changed hands throughout history until becoming the capital of Tunisia upon independence in 1956.
1 day ago · Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world .
May 28, 2024 · Rivalry between French and Italian interests in Tunisia culminated in a French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate. Agitation for independence in the decades after World War I finally convinced the French to recognize Tunisia as an independent state in 1956.
3 days ago · North Africa, region of Africa comprising the modern countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The geographic entity North Africa has no single accepted definition. It has been regarded by some as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea.
