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= Location =



Tunisia is located just south of Europe is the northernmost country in Africa as shown in the map to the right. The absolute location of Tunisia is 35°north 10° east. Tunisia is in good location because it is close to the Sahara Desert and is close to the Mediterranean Sea making it easy to transport goods to other countries.

= Place = Tunisia is about the size of the American state of Wisconsin. The South and West half of Tunisia is boarded by land including Algeria and Libya. The Northern part and Eastern half are boarded by the Mediterranean S ea. Differences in Tunisia, like the rest of the Maghreb, are mostly North-South environmental differences that are decreasing rainfall in the southern part of Tunisia because there is the Sahara Desert right next to it.

Tunisia has 10,589,025 people making it the 77th largest country in the world by population. It is the 92nd largest country by area with 163,610 square kilometers which is 63170mi². The country's first president, Habib BOURGUIBA. He ruled the country for 31 years. BOURGUIBA was removed from office and replaced by Zine el Abidine BEN ALI. BEN ALI is now serving his fifth in-a-row five-year term as president. The official language is French.

media type="custom" key="25160618" Tunisia national anthem

= Human Environment Interaction = The human features of Tunisia are very interesting including theaters and forts as explained in video below. Here is a slide show showing some human impact that they have done. media type="custom" key="25104040" width="170" height="170"


 * Here are some interesting highlights of the video:**
 * They made Star Wars sets there including all the desert scenes.
 * There are very small waterfalls that provide a lot of life through out that area.
 * There are a lot of towers in forts.
 * Some people have grass on their roof. (That is quite odd constricting that it is a desert.)
 * Some towns were taken over by the Romans along time ago. Even though they are far away from the Roman Empire.

= Hotel Du Lac = //(Oddly familiar shape found in many Star Wars movies)//



= Regions =

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Tanbark
Snow scatters the mountain's ragged peaks, winters in Tanbark itself are mild. Attractions stay open all-year-round with a jazz festival and a salsa festival pulling in the crowds in June and July. Tanbark has an attractive organized row of coral reefs and ship-wrecks in calm, sparkling-clear waters that snorkelers and scuba divers from all over the world go to. Tanbark has discovered milky lime-washed houses with red, slanting roofs. There is also the 16th century Genome castle. there is even the steeply dropping cliffs and its pointy rocks, giant boulders, cracks and canyons.

Kasserine
Tucked under the mighty crags of Tunisia's highest mountain Jebel Chambi, Kasserine is a bustling farming town, wedged between the olive groves, esparto grass fields and forests of the country’s undulating west-central region.

Gabes
Gabes is a city with huge poor or unfair treatment. Gabes is so much more than just a town, even if it does provide the perfect base for exploring Matmata to the west and is also by the Gateway to the Sahara.

Map of Tunisia's regions =

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= Movement = Tunisia exports many items to near by countries usually all different parts of Europe that touch the Meditation Sea. Here is an export tree showing what Tunisia exports.

= Export Tree of Tunisia =



= = = Compare and Contrast =

If Tunisia were your home instead of The United States you would...


 * Spend 94.72% less money on Health Care. Tunisia don't have many hospitals and emergency help like to USA. The USA has a 911 system to help people 24 hours.
 * Have 3.5 times higher chance of dying in infancy. If you make it to a hospital there aren't a lot of doctors or nurses to help. A lot of women deliverer their babies at home. Unlike the USA where we have the hospitals in every major city. With doctors and nurses there 24 hours a day to help.
 * Die 2.25 years sooner. Due to the lack of Heath Care and the third world country living.
 * Use 91.07% less electricity. They don't have many power plants. Unlike the USA we produce and developed the land.
 * Consume 86.48% less oil. Their are no factory's to produce cars. All the cars have to be imported. Which makes them very expense to have. The USA has over 1800 car factories. which makes them easier to have.
 * Make 82.76% less money. Most of the people farm and produce their own food and then sell. In the USA children go to school and are educated. So the skill level is higher in the USA.
 * Have 58.06% more chance of being unemployed. Less job opportunities compared to the USA.

= Interesting things that I learned =


 * Star Wars was filmed there.
 * It has many festivals including a jazz and dancing.
 * Many tourist go to Tunisia.
 * There are some areas where laws pasted, "That you house has to be painted white and blue." White to keep warm and blue to keep bugs away.
 * It has a nice mix of climate including a desert and a tropical are