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Aliases: Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah, Republic of Tunisia, Tunis

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Geography
Area 163,610 km²
Continent Africa
Land area 155,360 km²
Water area 8,250 km²
Land boundaries 1,495 km
Border countries
  • Algeria
  • Libya
Coastline 1,148 km
Mean elevation 246 m
Lowest point -17 m
Highest point 1,544 m
People
Population 11,721,177
Official languages
  • Arabic
Religion Muslim
Government
Long country name Republic of Tunisia
Short country name Tunisia
Long local name Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah
Short local name Tunis
Former name Add
Government type Parliamentary republic
Capital Tunis
Economy
GDP (PPP) 137,700,000,000 USD
GDP (OER) 39,960,000,000 USD
GDP (real growth rate) 2 %
GDP - per capita (PPP) 11,900 USD
Gross national saving 12 % of GDP
Labor force 4,054,000
Unemployment rate 15.5 %
Population below poverty line 15.5 %
Budget revenues 9,876,000,000 USD
Budget expenditures 12,210,000,000 USD
Military expenditures 2.09 % of GDP
Taxes and other revenues 24.7 % of GDP
Budget surplus or deficit -5.8 % of GDP
Public debt 70.3 % of GDP
Inflation rate 5.3 %
Central bank discount rate 5.75 %
Commercial bank prime lending rate 7.31 %
Stock of narrow money 12,920,000,000 USD
Stock of broad money 12,920,000,000 USD
Stock of domestic credit 36,190,000,000 USD
Market value of publicly traded shares 8,887,000,000 USD
Current account balance -4,191,000,000 USD
Exports 13,820,000,000 USD
Imports 19,090,000,000 USD
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 5,594,000,000 USD
External debt 30,190,000,000 USD
National currency Tunisian dinars
National currency (code) TND
National currency (symbol) د.ت
National currency rate to USD 2.48

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 convincing 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, after several iterations and a months-long political crisis that stalled the transition, ratified the document in January 2014. Parliamentary and presidential elections for a permanent government were held at the end of 2014. Beji CAID ESSEBSI was elected as the first president under the country's new constitution. CAID ESSEBSI’s term, as well as that of Tunisia’s 217-member Parliament, expires in 2019.

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