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Tunisia is located in North Africa between Libya and Algeria and bordering the Mediterranean. Its total area is an estimated 163,610 square kms., and its natural resources include oil, gas, iron ore, lead, zinc and phosphates. In 2001 its population was estimated at 9.7 million with a natural population growth rate of 1.71 per cent, the lowest in Africa and the Arab world. Ethnically, Tunisians are Arab and/or Berber, and 98 per cent are Muslim. The small indigenous Jewish community, and Christian Europeans account for 2 percent of non-Muslims. Arabic is the official language but French is widely used for business. Tunisia became independent from France in 1956, and its first leader Habib Bourguiba ruled until he was removed from power in 1987. He was replaced by Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who was reelected for a third term in 1999. It has a unicameral Chamber of Deputies, and a multiparty political system dominated by the Constitutional Democratic Rally Party. Tunisia's economy is growing at an average rate of 5.5 per in the past four years. Fourteen percent of its GDP comes from agriculture, 32 percent from industry and 54 percent from services. In March 1998 it entered into a bilateral agreement with the European Union to lift all trade barriers with the EU over the next decade.

For Library of Congress contact information and materials, consult the Tunisia Country page of the Near East Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division or the Library of Congress Online Catalog. To track bills and other Congressional materials having to do with the topic, consult the Library's Thomas Legislative Information page.

These sites have been chosen for their utility in providing information, directories and portals on all aspects of Tunisian life and culture. As the links to Tunisia are sometimes inactive, we recommend that you try again if you are not successful the first time.


Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/en/countries/Tunisia)
It is a major portal site that links a number of other websites on all the Arab countries. It contains up-to-date information on the political, business, social, cultural and religious aspects of a particular country. Just click on the name of the country for information in English and Arabic.

Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development (http://www.arabfund.org/)
Search for information on projects funded throughout the Arab world

Arab German Consulting (http://www.arab.de/arabinfo/tunisia.htm)
Major portal site on the Arab countries. Includes up-to-date information on the government, history, economy, education systems.

Arab Net (http://www.arab.net/tunisia/index.html)
It is a major Arab website that contains information on the government, history, geography, business, culture, transport, tourism of each country, and provides links to other relevant websites.

Asslama Yatounes (http://www.fairkess.com/tn/index.html)
A major Tunisian portal on everything from business, media, tourist and other sites.

Bab- el-Web (http://www.babelweb.com.tn/home/BEW-index)
Tunisian website that covers all facets of contemporary Tunisian life.

CIA -- The World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ts.html)
An annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information on all aspects of the political, social and military history of a particular country.

Development Gateway Country Overview
(http://www.developmentgateway.org/cg/country-gateways/country.do?country=tn&iso3=TUN)
"The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty." Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Tunisia.html)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Fares.net (http://www.fares.net)
Site includes a directory and a list of sites on a wide range of subjects including tourism, entertainment, culture, the media, news and business in English and Arabic. Search under the name of the country.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( http://www.fao.org/countryProfiles/index.asp?lang=en&iso3=TUN)
Country profile and mapping information system for Tunisia.

Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108050.html)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works, etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.

Islamic Calendar Converter (http://www.rabiah.com/convert/)
This English language website not only converts the present Gregorian date, in common use in the West, to its modern Hijra equivalent (in common use in the Islamic World), it also provides a mechanism, based on software developed by Waleed A. Muhanna, to convert all past dates from Gregorian-Hijra or Hijra-Gregorian.

Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/tunisia/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and environment. of that location.

Middle East – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (http://www.carnegieendowment.org/programs/global/index.cfm?fa=proj&id=107&proj=zme)
The main feature of the Carnegie Arabic Web Portal is the Arabic-language version of the Arab Reform Bulletin, an online monthly journal on the latest political reform developments from Arab and Western perspectives. Also included are Arabic translations of select Carnegie Papers, commentaries on the Middle East and related subjects such as nuclear nonproliferation, as well as writings originally published in Arabic.

Middle East Partnership Initiative ( http://www.medregion.mepi.state.gov/tunisia.html)
US Department of State Program that promotes democracy throughout the Middle East.

Middle East Policy Council ( http://www.mepc.org/resources_links/Tunisia.asp#AC)
A non-profit educational organization that covers cultural, economic, political aspects of Algeria as well as many online newspapers. 

OneWorld.net (http://www.oneworld.net/)
Searchable by country, regions and topics. Includes current headlines and special reports.

Princeton University Library: Near Eastern Studies Resources (http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epressman/neareast.htm)
Princeton Library's site dedicated to Near Eastern Studies provides not only invaluable information about Princeton's programs and collections, but also extensive links to sites (libraries, universities, institutes, think tanks, directories, gateways, newspapers, etc.) around the world concerning all aspects of the discipline.

Radio-Tunis (http://www.radiotunis.com)
Audio site for the most widely broadcast national radio station in Tunisia.

Theodora.com (http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/tunisia/index.html)
Historical events as well as current information about the economy, government, and politics of Tunisia.

Tunisia Consular information sheet (http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1045.html)
This is a continuously updated site by the US Department of State concerning travel to Tunisia, economic, political and health conditions, as well as travel requirements for US citizens.

Tunisia Online (http://www.tunisiaonline.com/)
News and information on the country's history, government, society and culture, and more.

Tunisia Page (http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Tunisia.html)
Website created by the Norwegian Council on Africa. Search under Tunisia for information on the history, archaeology, geography, languages of Tunisia. This site is important for all the countries of Africa and the Mediterranean.

U.S. Agency for International Development. Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) (http://www.dec.org)
"The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects, activities, and programs by making ... development experience documents available to USAID offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities and research institutions, developing countries, and the public worldwide."

U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c2421.htm)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department's official site by searching under a particular country's name.

United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.

United States. Library of Congress. Virtual Reference Shelf (http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html)
The Library of Congress has mounted this useful site on its home page to give scholars and researchers access to common online sources which are excellent for initial stages of research. These online tools are organized by subject and format, e.g., "Almanacs and Fast Facts," "Directories," "Libraries," etc.

University of Texas Middle East Website (http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmes/?path[0]=cmes)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education and the social sciences in the Middle East.

World Desk Reference (http://dev.prenhall.com/divisions/hss/worldreference/TN/introduction.html)
Searchable by country, this is the online version of the handbook with more than 5000 illustrations and maps.

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