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Tunisia Geography : Tunis - the official name :the Tunisian Republic - is in the central part of Northern Africa, it's surrounded with Mediterranean sea, mountains the Atlas and desert Sahara. The sea passage in width of 120 kms separates Tunis in the north from Sicily (Italy). In the west and a southwest Tunis borders on Algeria, in a southeast - with Libya. The area of Tunis - 164000 km.sq. Extent of coast - 1280 kms, not switching islands. The population : about 10 million. The basic population are Arabs. Others are Berbers, Frenchmen, Italians and Jews. 2 million person live in capital. The majority of populations located in coast. however, 60 % of the population are younger than 20 years. The state religion : the state religion is Islam. 95 % of the population are Moslems - sunnite. But they respect friendly others beliefs - the rest of 5 % are Jews and Christians. Political system : presidential republic. The head of the state is the president. Legislature : the Chamber of Deputies. Time : less than 1 hour to Ukraine in the summer and at 2 hours in the winter. Language : the state language is Arabic. The second official language is French, and it is known almost by all Tunisians. In touristic areas speak also in English, in German, in Italian.... In hotels start to use Russian language since many Russian tourists recently have appeared. Climate : in Tunisia a typical Mediterranean (temperate climate), in the south tropical (Sahara). Generally warm weather.
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