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RELIGION
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**Location:**
Tunisia is located in nothern Africa bordering the Mediterranian Sea. It is bordered on either side by Algeria and Libya. Geographic Coordinates: 34 00 N 9 00 E

**Area: **
Total Area: 163,610 sq km Water Area: 8,250 sq km Land Area: 155,360 sq km

**Climate: **
Northern: Mild, rainy winters, hot dry summers.

**Terrain: **
Northern: Mountainous. Central: Dry Plains.

**Agriculture: **
<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">17% of land in Tunisia is able to be cultivated

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Population:**
<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Currently 10.6 million

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">22% of citizens are under age 15. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Growth Rate: 0.00% =====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tunisia's flag is red with a white circle in the center. Inside the white circle is a crescent and a red five point star. The flag is red to represent the original color of Islam. The large white circle represents the sun and the crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam. The star and crescent are also considered to be lucky symbols. =====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The following map displays the major cities and capital city in tunisia. The capital of Tunisia is Tunis. ===== <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The following map shows the relative location of Tunisia. It is located in North Africa between Algeria and Libya. It is very close to Europe. ===== <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">

**<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿Languages: **
====<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿ **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Almost every citizen speaks Tunisian Arabic ==== ====<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">A majority also speak French ==== ====<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tunisian Arabic is divided into six dialects: Tunis, Sahel, Sfax, North-Western, South-Western, and South-Eastern ====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The government consists of 25 ministries.
<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tunisia has a limited amount of freedom of speech.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Suffrage:**
<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Citizens must be 18 years or older to vote <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 1959 women were granted the right to vote

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Islam: 99.8% - The Muslim religion whose followers believe that there is only one God, Allah, and that Mohammed is his prophet. =====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The dinar is broken down into 1000 millimes. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 U.S. Dollar = 1.41805 Tunisian dinar ===== ====<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Economic Situation:** ====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Only 7% of the population is below poverty line. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Labor force by occupation - Services 55%, Industry 23% Agriculture 22%. =====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Exports: Clothing, Semi-finished Goods and Textiles, Agrucultural Products, Mechanicals Goods, Phosphates and Chemicals, Hydrocarbons, and Electrical Equipment. =====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tunisia has the second best heath situation in North Africa next to LIbya.
<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Doctor/ Patient ratio: 1.3 doctor per every 1000 citizens whearas the U.S Doctor/ Patient ratio is: 1 doctor per 390 citizens.

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">In more remote villages, 94% have access to clean water and 85% have access to sanitation <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Illicit drugs: unknown. =====

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<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The educational system is based on the system established by the French in 1956. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Arabic is the main instructional language, but French is also spoken. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Literacy Rate: 74.3% <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Education expenditures: 7.3% (2005 est.)  <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Private schools are generally lower quality than public schools in Tunisia. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">School is free for all children.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Primary School: **
<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is manditory for children ages 6 or 7 to attend 9 years of schooling. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Upon completing the sixth grade, students must complete a test and pass with a 50% grade. If the test is not passed the sixth grade must be completed over again. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">About 15-20% of students fail this exam.

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<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">4 years in length <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students choose between 5 specializations: Langauge and Arts, Mathematics, Technical, Experimental Sciences, Economics and Management.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">h<span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] Barnhart, Clarence Lewis. //The World Book Encyclopedia Dictionary.// Vol. 1. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational, 1963. Print.