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| Land Boudaries Total :
| 1,424 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south .
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| Area Total :
| 163,610 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 155,360 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 8,250 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly larger than Georgia .
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| Coast Line :
| 1,148 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 2,152 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 18,997 km .
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| Waterways :
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, Zarzis .
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Tunis (T?nis) is the capital of Tunisia, with a population of 699,700 in 2003. Situated at the end of a large gulf (the Gulf of Tunis), linked to it by the Lake of Tunis and a canal to the port of La Goulette (Halq al Wadi), the city extends along the coastal plain and the hills that surround it. From the centre of the city, to the east is the silhouette of the medina and to the north is the suburb of Belvedere.
The medina is the centre of the city: a dense agglomeration of alleys and covered passages, full of intense scents and colours, boisterous and active trade, a surfeit of goods on offer ranging from leather to plastic, tin to the finest filigree, tourist souvenirs to the works of tiny crafts-shops.
Just through the French Gate, formerly the Sea Gate, begins the modern city, Ville Nouvelle, bisected by the grand avenue Bourguiba, where the colonial-era buildings provide a vivid contrast. The city of Tunis is, above all, the capital where a 10th of the population of the country live and work, and where a large part of business activity is focused, in addition to all of the political and administrative functions. The expansion of the Tunisian economy in the last decades is reflected in the unplanned development of the outer city where one can see clearly the social contradictions and the problems of modern Tunisia.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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