 Tunisia
is a country that lies in the north of Africa. On the
southeast of the country there is Libya and on the west
of Tunisia there is Algeria. Tunisia is situated on the
south of Sardinia and on the southwest of Sicily. The
size of the country is about 165,000 square kilometers
and it has a population of about 10,300,000 people. The
capital city of the country is Tunis. Tunisia is the
smallest country that is located along the Atlas
mountain range and it is the northernmost nation in
Africa. The Sahara Desert constituent about 40% of the
country of Tunisia and the remaining portion of the
country consists of coastline and fertile soil.
Almost all the people in Tunisia are followers of Islam
and there are also some people who follow Christianity.
There are about 25,000 Christians in the country and
most of them are Roman Catholics. The third largest
religion in the nation is Judaism. Even though the
country is small, but it has diverse climate and
geography. The temperature in the north of the country
is temperate in nature. The southern part of the nation
is desert and the north of Tunisia is basically
mountainous in nature.
The people from Tunisia are called Tunisians.
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