Atlas of Tunisia

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Tunisia Contents

تونس Tunisie العربية تونس - الجمهورية التونسية الجمهورية التونسية دولة عربية تقع في شمال قارة أفريقيا. يحدها من الشمال والشرق البحر الأبيض المتوسط، ومن الجنوب الشرقي الجماهيرية الليبية، ومن الغرب الجزائر. عاصمتها مدينة تونس. تبلغ مساحة الجمهورية التونسية 163,610 كم2. تمتد الصحراء على 40 % من الأراضي التونسية بينما تغطي باقي المساحة تربة خصبة محاذية للبحر. لعبت تونس أدوارا هامة في التاريخ القديم منذ عهد الفينيقيين في قرطاج ثم ما عرف باسم مقاطعة أفريقيا إبان الحكم الروماني لها وكانت تسمى مطمور روما .فتحها المسلمون في القرن السابع الميلادي وأسسوا فيها مدينة القيروان. أشهر مدنها: تونس ، صفاقس ، سوسة ، باجة ، بنزرت ، نابل ، القيروان ، قابس ،مدنين ، الحمامات ،ياسمين الحمامات،جربة و توزر. Français Tunisie - République tunisienne La Tunisie est un pays d'Afrique du Nord appartenant au Maghreb, équivalent de la Tamazgha berbère. Elle est bordée au nord et à l'est par la mer Méditerranée. Sa frontière ouest s’ouvre sur l’Algérie (965 km) et sa frontière sud-est sur la Libye (459 km). Son nom est dérivé de celui de sa capitale, Tunis, située dans le nord du pays. English Tunisia - Tunisian Republic The Tunisian Republic, is a country situated on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. 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. Tunisia has borders with ► Algeria and ► Libya, and between Tunisia and ► Sicily lies ► Malta. Short name  Tunisia Official  name Tunisian Republic Status Independent country since 1956 Location North Africa Capital تونس Tunis Population 10,102,000 inhabitants Area 163,610 km² Major  languages Arabic (official), French (commonly used) Major  religions Islam More information Tunisia, Geography of Tunisia, History of Tunisia and Politics of Tunisia More  images Tunisia - Tunisia (Category).

General maps

Map of Tunisia Carte de Tunisie

Governorates of Tunisia Gouvernorat de Tunisie

Governorates of Tunisia Gouvernorat de Tunisie

Delegations of Tunisia

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Tunisia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Tunisia.

The Ibero-Mauritan culture (appr. 10.000 BCE) and the Capsian culture (10.000-6.000 BCE La culture ibéromaurusienne

Carthago's location in Mediterrannean sea's middle

Punic and roman sites in Tunisia

Location of Carthage and Carthaginian influence sphere before the First Punic War (264 BC) Localisation de Carthage et la sphère d'influence carthagienne avant la Première Guerre punique

Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present Tunisia Développement territoriale de l'Empire romain 264 AC-192

The Roman Republic and Carthago in 218, just prior to the Second Punic War La fr:République Romain et Carthage, 218

Hannibals invasion in the Punic Wars

The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;    133 BC    44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)    AD 14 (death of Augustus)    117 (maximum extension)

Map of the Roman Empire in 116

Roman Empire in 117

Africa romana end of IInd century

Roman Empire divided 395

The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.    Western Roman Empire    Eastern Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire 395

Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500

Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500

Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans in 455

Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans in 526

Tunisia conquered by the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire under emperor Justinianus

Byzantine Empire under emperor Justinianus

Byzantine Empire 550

Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of the Caliphs

Caliphate around 750

Conquest by the Ottoman Empire

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683

Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801

Other maps

Berber language map

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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