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 Tunisia
(Arabic: تونس
Tūnis), officially the Tunisian Republic (الجمهورية
التونسية), is a country situated on the
Mediterranean coast of North Africa. It is bordered by
Algeria to the
west and Libya to the southeast. It is the northernmost
African country and the smallest of the nations situated
along the Atlas mountain range. Around forty percent of
the country is composed of the Sahara desert, with much
of the remainder consisting of particularly fertile
soil, and a 1300 km coastline. Both played a prominent
role in ancient times, first with the famous Phoenician
city of Carthage, and later, as the Africa Province,
which became known as the bread basket of the Roman
Empire.1
1Extract
from wikipedia article - "Tunisia"
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