News Articles for "Tunisia"
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Tunisia rapper gets 2 years prison for police song
A Tunisian court convicted on Thursday a rap artist for insulting police with a song calling them dogs and sentenced him to two years in prison, his lawye...
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Tunisia imprisons 3 European topless activists
A Tunisian court on Wednesday convicted three European feminist activists who staged a topless courthouse protest last month, sentencing them to four mont...
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Republic of Tunisia
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| Motto: حرية، نظام، عدالة "Ḥurriyyah, Niẓām, ‘Adālah" "Liberty, Order, Justice"[1] |
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| Anthem: Humat al-Hima Defenders of the Homeland |
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 Location of Tunisia in northern Africa.
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| Capital and largest city |
Tunis 36°50′N 10°9′E / 36.833°N 10.150°E |
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| Official languages | Literary Arabic[2] | |||||
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| Demonym | Tunisian | |||||
| Government | Unitary Semi-Presidential Republic[2] | |||||
| - | President | Moncef Marzouki | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Ali Laarayedh | ||||
| Legislature | Constituent Assembly | |||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | Husainid Dynasty inaugurated | 15 July 1705 | ||||
| - | Independence from France | 20 March 1956 | ||||
| - | Republic declared | 25 July 1957 | ||||
| - | Revolution Day | 14 January 2011 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 163,610 km2 (93rd) 63,170 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 5.0 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2012 estimate | 10,777,500[3] (77th) | ||||
| - | Density | 63/km2 (133rd) 163/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $105.347 billion[4] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $9,774[4] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $45.611 billion[4] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $4,232[4] | ||||
| Gini (2010) | 36.1[5] medium |
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| HDI (2013) |  0.712[6]high · 94th |
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| Currency | Tunisian dinar (TND) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+1) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | +216 | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | TN | |||||
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| a. | Commercial and lingua franca.[8] | |||||
