Tunisie

Tunisie, offeecially the Tunisian Republic (الجمهورية التونسية‎ al-Jumhūriyya at-Tūnisiyya), is the northrenmaist kintra in Africae. It is an Arab kintra an is bordered bi Algerie tae the wast, Libie tae the sootheast, an the Mediterranean Sea tae the north an east. Its aurie is amaist 165,000 km², wi an estimatit population o juist ower 10.3 million. Its name is derived frae the caipital Tunis locatit in the north-east.

 Name 

The wird Tunisie is derived frae Tunis; a ceety an caipital o modren-day Tunisie. The present form o the name, wi its Latinate suffix , evolved frae French Tunisie. This name wis introduced bi French geographers an historians as pairt o thair efforts tae gie names tae thair new occupied territories an protectorates. The French derivative Tunisie wis adoptit in some European leids wi slicht modifications, introducin a distinctive name tae designate the kintra. Ither leids remained untouched, sic as the Spaingie Túnez. In this case, the same name is uised for baith kintra an ceety as in Arabic: تونس an ae bi context can ane tell the difference.

The name Tunis can be attributit tae different oreegins. It can be associatit wi the Phoenician goddess Tanith (aka Tunit), auncient ceety o Tynes or tae the Berber ruit ens which means "tae lie doun".

 Govrenorates an ceeties 
 Govrenorates 

Tunisia is subdividit intae 24 govrenorates, thay are:
<li> Ariana
<li> Béja
<li> Ben Arous
<li> Bizerte
<li> Gabès
<li> Gafsa
<li> Jendouba
<li> Kairouan
<li> Kasserine
<li> Kebili
<li> Kef
<li> Mahdia<li> Manouba
<li> Medenine
<li> Monastir
<li> Nabeul
<li> Sfax
<li> Sidi Bou Zid
<li> Siliana
<li> Sousse
<li> Tataouine
<li> Tozeur
<li> Tunis
<li> Zaghouan

The govrenorates are dividit intae 264 "delegations" or "destricts" (mutamadiyat), an further subdividit intae municipalities (shaykhats) an sectors (imadats).Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne , in French

 Major ceeties 
:See an aa:Leet o ceeties in Tunisie
 Nr. Ceety Population Governatorate  Tunis  983,861  	  3,980,500 in the metropolitan aurie Tunis  Sfax 855,256 Sfax  Kairouan 546,209 Kairouan  Sousse 544,413 Sousse  Ettadhamen Part of Tunis metropolitan area 422,246 Ariana  Gabès 342,630  	  Gabès  Bizerte 114,371 Bizerte  Aryanah  97,687 Ariana  Gafsa 84,676 Gafsa  El Mourouj  81,986 Ben Arous

 Affiliations 
Tunisie is a member o the follaein organisations:
OrganizationDates Unitit Naitions syne 12 November 1956 Arab League syne 1958 Organization o the Islamic Conference syne 1969 Warld Tred Organisation syne 29 Mairch 1995 Mediterranean Dialogue group syne Februar 1995

 Notes 

 Freemit airtins 

Government o Tunisie


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