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TUNISIA
Republic of Tunisia GEOGRAPHY:
- Location:----------------- Northern Africa
- Area:
Total area:--- 163,610 sq. km
Land area:--- 155,360 sq. km
- Capital city:-------------
Tunis
- Natural Resources:---------------- Petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt.
PEOPLE:
- Population:---------------- 9,380,404
- Literacy
rate:-------------- 66.7% of total population, (Males:78.6%, Females:54.6%).
- Languages:------------------
Arabic (offical and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce).
- Religious:-----------------
98%-Muslim, 1% Christian, 1%-Jewish.
VITAL STATISTICS:
- Birth rate:-------------
20.56 (per 1,000 population)
- Death rate:------------- 5.08 (per 1,000 population)
- Infant Mortality rate:------------ 33.9 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
- Fertility rate:---------------
2.52 (per woman)
- Life Expectancy at birth:
Total population:--- 72.85 (Males:71.5,
Females:74.3).
GOVERNMENT:
- Type of Government:-------------- Republic.
- Independence:-------------- March 20, 1956 (from France).
- President:--------------
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
- Prime Minister:------------ Hamed Karoui.
ECONOMY:
- GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $43.3 billion (1996)
GDP real growth rate:--- 7.1%
GDP per capita:--- $4,800
- Inflation rate (consumer prices):-------------
6%
- National budget:
Revenues:--- $5.2 billion
Expenditures:---
$7.2 billion
- External Debt:-------------- $9.6 billion
- Currency:---------------
1 Tunisian dinar = 100 millimes.
- Labor force:--------------- 2.917 million (1995)
- Unemployment rate:---------------- 16% (1995)
- Agriculture:---------------- Olives,
dates, oranges, almonds, grain, sugar beets, grapes; poultry, beef, dairy products.
- Industries:---------------
Petroleum, mining(particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, food, beverages.
- Exports:---------------- $5.7 billion
Commodities:--- Hydrocarbons, agricultural products, phosphates
and chemicals. - Imports:---------------- $7.7 billion
Commodities:--- Industrial
goods and equipment, hydrocarbons, food, consumer goods.
DEFENCE:
- Defence Expenditures:---------------
Exchange rate conversion - $535 million, 2.8% of GDP
Geography:Tunisia
is located at the northernmost part of Africa It is bordered on the west by Algeria and on the south by Libya
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