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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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Prime minister: Ralph Gonsalves
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Population
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10,835,873
| 103,220
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Life Expectancy
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75.460 years
| 74.620 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) | Kingstown (population: 24,518) |
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Human Development Index
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0.762
| 0.766
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| GDP per capita |
$9,700 US
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Literacy Rate
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74.3%
| 96%
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Corruption Perception Index
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4.4
| 6.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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19.9%
| 18.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
18.800%
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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
| parliamentary democracy
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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%
| Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%
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| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| English, French patois
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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 |
$24,490,000,000 $
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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 |
1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 0
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| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
| Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
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| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 389 km sq
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| Coastline |
1,148 km
| 84 km
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| Climate |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
| tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
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