Area: 164,150 sq. km
Population: 10,383,577
Capital: Tunis
Language: Arabic (spoken by almost everybody, and French (by most educated people). Italian, English and German also spoken.
Religion: About 90% of the population are Muslims, with tiny minorities of Jews and Christians.
Time Zone: GMT +1
Electricity: 220 volts AC 50Hz
Passport: Valid passport is required.
Currency: Dinar (DT) is divided into 1000 millimes
Health: No special inoculations are necessary.
Climate: Tunisia follows usual Mediterranean patterns of climate. The average temperature is 16C (60F) in winter, 24C (75F) in Spring, 30C (86F) in summer and 25C (77F) in autumn.
International Dialing Code: 011-216
Tunisia shares borders to the west with Algeria and to the south with Lybya while the Mediterranean Sea lies to the north and east.
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