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Geography and Environment: Tunisia

Includes online maps, links to other map collections, flags, climate, weather, natural resources.

Created and maintained by the
 African & Middle Eastern Division,
Collections and Services Directorate

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.

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.

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.

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.

MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/)
General site for maps. Search by country and by city.

Maps.com (formerly Magellan Geographix) (http://www.maps.com/)
User may view samples of the wide variety of maps available as well as order maps or atlases, by downloading, or on CD-ROM or in hard copy.

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 International Center for Environmental Technologies (CITET) (http://www.citet.nat.tn)
Major site on the environmental programs in Tunisia including those in water and waste management, marine environment, air quality, biodiversity, renewable energy and others.

Tunisia National Tourism Office (http://www.tourismtunisia.com/togo/)
Tunisia's official tourism website: provides information on every major historical site and every resort area in Tunisia. Very helpful for travelers to the country

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

UT library online, Perry-Castañeda (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html)
The University of Texas' Perry Castaneda Library Map collection here offers a variety of historical, geological and political maps of many countries.

United Nations Cartographic Section (http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm)
Available in English or French versions. Offers detailed maps of many countries.

United States. Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Website of one of the largest map repositories in the world.

University of Texas Middle East Website (http://menic.utexas.edu/)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education and the social sciences in the Middle East.

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