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Site Image Location (governorate) Year listed UNESCO data Description Medina of Tunis: Tunis: 1979 36bis; ii, iii, v (cultural) Tunis was founded in 698 as one of the first Arab cities in the Maghreb. It reached its peak between the 12th and 16th centuries, under the Almohads and Hafsids, when it was one of the wealthiest cities of the Islamic ...
The Assembly of the Representatives of the People ( Arabic: مجلس نواب الشعب Mejlis Nuwwēb esh-She‘b, French: Assemblée des représentants du peuple; ARP) is the lower house of the Parliament of Tunisia. The Assembly replaced the Constituent Assembly and was first elected on 26 October 2014. [ 1] The legislature consists of 161 ...
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 ...
Tourism in Tunisia is a major industry, attracting around 9.4 million arrivals annually from the year 2016 to 2020, making it one of the most visited countries in Africa. Among Tunisia's tourist attractions are its cosmopolitan capital city of Tunis, the ancient ruins of Carthage, the Muslim and Jewish quarters of Djerba, and coastal resorts ...
The coat of arms of Tunisia is divided into three parts. The upper part features a Carthaginian galley sailing on the sea (symbol of freedom). The lower part is itself divided vertically: on the left there is a black scale (symbol of justice) and on the right a black lion grasping a silver scimitar (symbol of order).
Democratic Current. The Democratic Current ( Arabic: التيّار الديمُقراطي, romanized : at-Tayyār ad-Dīmuqrāṭī) is a social-democratic political party in Tunisia that was founded in 2013. The party was initiated by the former secretary-general of the Congress for the Republic, Mohamed Abbou [2] who also served as deputy ...
As a coastal heritage site, Medina of Sousse is vulnerable to sea level rise.In 2022, the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report included it in the list of African cultural sites which would be threatened by flooding and coastal erosion by the end of the century, but only if climate change followed RCP 8.5, which is the scenario of high and continually increasing greenhouse gas emissions associated with ...
The architecture of Tunisia began with the ancient civilizations such as the Carthaginians, Numidians, and Romans. After the 7th century, Islamic architecture developed in the region under a succession of dynasties and empires. In the late 19th century French colonial rule introduced European architecture, and modern architecture became common ...