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Tunisia, [ a] officially the Republic of Tunisia, [ b][ 20] is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a part of the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through the islands of ...
Avenue Habib Bourguiba ( Tunisian Arabic: شارع حبيب بورڨيبة) is the central thoroughfare of Tunis, and the historical political and economic heart of Tunisia. [1] It is named for Habib Bourguiba, the first President of Tunisia and the national leader of the Tunisian independence movement. Today, the broad Avenue aligned in an ...
Tunis–Carthage International Airport, (French: Aéroport de Tunis-Carthage, Arabic: مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي, IATA: TUN, ICAO: DTTA) is the international airport of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. [ 5] It serves as the home base for Tunisair, Tunisair Express, Nouvelair Tunisia, and Tunisavia. The airport is named for the ...
La Goulette ( French pronunciation: [la ɡulɛt], Italian: La Goletta ), in Arabic Halq al-Wadi ( حلق الوادي Ḥalq el-Wād ⓘ ), is a municipality and the port of Tunis, Tunisia. La Goulette is located at around 36°49′5″N 10°18′18″E on a sandbar between Lake Tūnis and the Gulf of Tunis. The port, located 12km east of Tunis ...
36°49′N 10°10′E. / 36.817°N 10.167°E / 36.817; 10.167. Location of Medina of Tunis in Tunisia. The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. [1] The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, madrasas and fountains ...
Medenine. / 33.35472°N 10.50528°E / 33.35472; 10.50528. Medenine ( Arabic: مدنين Mednin ⓘ) is the major town in south-eastern Tunisia, 77 kilometres (48 mi) south of the port of Gabès and the Island of Djerba, on the main route to Libya. It is the capital of Medenine Governorate .
Description. Until the mid-1950s, it was abandoned and muddy terrain and one of the city's slums. Shortly after independence, following the decree of March 16, 1957 authorizing the demolition of gourbi-ville, it was razed by the public authorities and renamed after Mohammed V of Morocco, becoming one of the most active avenues. and prestigious in the capital.
Lake of Tunis. The Lake of Tunis ( Arabic: بحيرة تونس Buḥayra Tūnis; French: Lac de Tunis) is a natural lagoon located between the Tunisian capital city of Tunis and the Gulf of Tunis ( Mediterranean Sea ). The lake covers a total of 37 square kilometres, in contrast to its size its depth is very shallow. It was once the natural ...