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Tunisia is the eighteenth most water stressed country in the world. Tunisia's climate is divided into seven bioclimatic zones, with the main difference between the north and the rest of the country being due to the Tunisian hills which separate the regions subject to a Mediterranean climate and a typical hot desert climate of the Sahara - the largest hot desert in the world.
Coordinates: 34°N 09°E. Tunisian campaign. Part of the North African campaign of the Second World War. German and Italian prisoners of war following the fall of Tunis on 12 May 1943. Date. 17 November 1942 – 13 May 1943. (5 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) Location. French Tunisia.
The highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded may have been an alleged reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) at Furnace Creek, California, United States, on 15 July 1972. [ 7] In 2011, a ground temperature of 84 °C (183.2 °F) was recorded in Port Sudan, Sudan. [ 8] The theoretical maximum possible ground surface temperature has been ...
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This is a list of holidays in Tunisia. [1] January 1: New Year's Day. March 20: Independence Day. April 9: Martyrs' Day. May 1: Labour Day. July 25: Republic Day. August 13: Women's Day. October 15: Evacuation Day.
Tunis on 14 January 2011 during the Tunisian Revolution The Tunisian Revolution [ 94 ] [ 95 ] was an intensive campaign of civil resistance that was precipitated by high unemployment , food inflation , corruption , [ 96 ] a lack of freedom of speech and other political freedoms [ 97 ] and poor living conditions .
Tunisian independence. Tunis on 20 March 1956, the day of independence. Tunisian independence was a process that occurred from 1952 to 1956 between France and an independence movement, led by Habib Bourguiba. He became the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia after negotiations with France successfully brought an end to the colonial ...
Tunisia is on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nile Delta. It is bordered by Algeria on the west and Libya on the south east. It lies between latitudes 30° and 38°N, and longitudes 7° and 12°E. An abrupt southward turn of the Mediterranean coast in northern Tunisia gives the country two ...