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PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
Amphitheatre of El Jem
Dougga, Thugga
Ichkeul National Park
Kairouan City
Medina of Sousse
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
Tunis City

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Couscous Grain
Merguez Meat Sausage



Geography »

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Sahara Desert Desert Environ

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Location

Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya - The World Factbook

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Particulars for Tunisia:
Locale Type Nation

Data
Corruption Perceptions Index - 2014, Transparency International: 79


History »

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 following World War I was finally successful in getting the French to recognize Tunisia as an independent state in 1956. The country's first president, Habib BOURGUIBA, established a strict one-party state. He dominated the country for 31 years, repressing Islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other Arab nation. In November 1987, BOURGUIBA was removed from office and replaced by Zine el Abidine BEN ALI in a bloodless coup. Street protests that began in Tunis in December 2010 over high unemployment, corruption, widespread poverty, and high food prices escalated in January 2011, culminating in rioting that led to hundreds of deaths. On 14 January 2011, the same day BEN ALI dismissed the government, he fled the country, and by late January 2011, a "national unity government" was formed. Elections for the new Constituent Assembly were held in late October 2011, and in December, it elected human rights activist Moncef MARZOUKI as interim president. The Assembly began drafting a new constitution in February 2012, and released a second working draft in December 2012. The interim government has proposed presidential and parliamentary elections be held in 2013. - The World Factbook

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Brideshead Revisited (book) Novel Evelyn Waugh "Brideshead Revisited" is set in Tunisia, c 1930

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