Tunisia: Geography#
| Location | Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 34 00 N, 9 00 E 34.0,9.0 |
| Area | total: 163,610 sq km land: 155,360 sq km water: 8,250 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| Land boundaries | total: 1,424 km border countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km |
| Coastline | 1,148 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m highest point: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m |
| Highest Mountains | According to Wolfram: Jebel Chaambi 1544 m According to Geonames:Jebel ech Chambi 1544 m; Jebel Bireno 1419 m; Jebel el Ajered 1385 m; Jebel Selloum 1373 m; Jebel Tiouacha 1363 m List verified partially Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara |
| Natural Hazards | NA |
| Natural Resource | petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt |
| Land Use | arable land: 17.35% permanent crops: 14.63% other: 68.02% (2011) |
| Climate | temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south |
| Irrigated Land | 3,970 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 4.6 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural freshwater resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Tunis; Safaqis; Aryanah; at-Tadaman Dawwar Hisar; Susah According to Geonames: Tunis; Sfax; Sousse; Midoun; Kairouan Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | strategic location in central Mediterranean; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration |