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Country
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Tunisia |
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Leader
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President: Moncef Marzouki
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President: Girma Woldegiorgis
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Population
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10,732,900
| 91,195,675
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Life Expectancy
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75.240 years
| 56.560 years
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Capital City
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Tunis
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Largest city
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| Tunis (population: 693,210) | Addis Ababa (population: 2,757,730) |
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Human Development Index
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0.762
| 0.389
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| GDP per capita |
$9,600 US
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Literacy Rate
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74.3%
| 42.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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4.4
| 2.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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19.9%
| 21.4%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
18.000%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Legal
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Political System
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republic
| federal republic
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Independence date
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20 March 1956 (from France)
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| Religions |
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
| Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)
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| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)
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| Exports |
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
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| External Debt |
$23,210,000,000 $
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| Exchange Rate |
Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.211 (2008 est.), 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 7
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| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
| Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
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| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 1,104,300 km sq
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| Coastline |
1,148 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
| tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
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