Physical Map of Tunisia with Atlas Mountains, Sahara Desert and Coastline

Tunisia Facts and Country Information...

Tunisia is officially known as the Tunisian Republic. It is the northernmost country of African continent and covers an area of about 166,000 square kilometres to become the smallest country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It shares its borders with Algeria in the west, with Libya in the southeast and touches the Mediterranean Sea in the north-east.

Tunisia consists of the eastern part of the Atlas Mountains as well as the northern ends of the Sahara Desert. It has a 1,300 kilometer coastline which includes the conjunction of the eastern as well as the western parts of the Mediterranean Basin.It has two distinctive Mediterranean Coasts. Tunisia is a relatively small nation in size, but it has diverse environment.

The climate is varied across the regions with differences like those in the rest of the Maghreb and rainfall differs accordingly. The Dorsal which form the east extension of the Atlas Mountains, runs in a northeasterly direction from the western Algerian border to the Eastern Cape Bon peninsula. Tell lies to the north of the Dorsal. This region is characterized by low hills as well as plains. The Sahel are broadening coastal plains along the eastern Mediterranean coast and is considered to be among the world's best places for cultivation of olives.