Tunisie
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in North Africa, bordered to the north and east of the Mediterranean Sea to the south-east of Libya (459 km) to the west Algeria (965 km). Its capital city of Tunis. The area of the Republic of Tunisia 163.610 km 2.
Of the population of the Republic of Tunisia According to the latest statistics in 2014, nearly 10 million and 982.8 thousand people. [7]
Tunisia played important roles in ancient history since the time of the Phoenicians and Carthaginians and the Amazigh, the Vandals and the Romans were known as the Africa Province during the Roman rule and have named the entire continent in its name. Saracens [8] in the seventh century and founded the city of Kairouan year 50 AH to be the first Islamic city in North Africa. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was called "the Tunisian Alaaalh". Signed under the French occupation in 1881, then gained independence in 1956 to become officially the Tunisian Kingdom at the end of the era of Muhammad VIII al-Amin. [9] with the announcement of the Republic of Tunisia on July 25, 1957, Habib Bourguiba became its first president.
Followed by the latter in the Presidency of the Republic Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's coup in 1987, and continued his rule until 2011, when he fled during the Tunisian revolution. Tunisia has relied on export-oriented industries in the process of liberalization and privatization of the economy, which has averaged GDP growth of 5% since the early 1990s, Tunisia suffered corruption under the rule of the former president. [10]
Tunisia has close and historical ties with both the United States and the European Union and has several advanced collects partnership agreements with the EU, which is the first customer of Tunisia and strong economic ally. Tunisia is also a member of the Arab League and the African Union. Tunisia has established close relations with France in particular, through economic cooperation and industrial modernization, and privatization programs. The Government's approach to the conflict between Israel and Palestine has made it as a broker in the field of diplomacy in the Middle East and a large contributor to impose peace in the world through its troops deployed in areas of conflict and the United Nations.
Etymology
Naming the country come from naming its capital, which has the same name. Opinions differ on the nomination of this city. Some believe that the name of Tunisia due to the Phoenician era where that is usually called the city Bolehtha Home In the case of Tunisia, it Tanit. [13] [14] some Arab schools likely origin of the word to the Arab roots through the ancient city of Tarshish. [15] it was likely some the other origin of the word to word Tignes, described by Diodorus and Polybius, which seems to be described soon from the Kasbah area on the outskirts of Tunis currently [15] [16]. Also, of Abdul Rahman Ibn Khaldun pointed to the origin of the word "Tunisia", which was launched on the capital of North Africa, where attributed the origin to what is known as city of flourishing urban and economic vitality and mobility of cultural and social pointed out that the name "Tunisia" is derived from the description of its residents and expatriates them when it knew its good cohabitation and hospitality and hospitality [17]. There is also another interpretation says that the floor of the trunk did Anas Amazigh, which means spend the night [18]. With the change in the sense of time and place, may be the word Tunisia took the meaning of the following camp, or camp, or a place to stop. There are written references from ancient civilization ROMANIAN remember the names of nearby cities such as Toniza (currently El Kala), Tonsody (now Sir poor), Tnsot (currently well Borkbp), Tunisian (currently top of the mountain). Since each of these villages were located on Romanian roads, it was undoubtedly used as a way station to stop and rest [19]. Naming the country in the Latin languages, which adds to it ia such as English has evolved from a designation of French geographers and historians, who called her Tunisie -ia,. [13] In the early 19th century as part of their efforts to give the names of the territories they occupied France. Tunisie word derived from the French adopted by some European languages with some minor modifications, which produced a distinctive name for the country. As for some other languages Arabic label did not change much, example of this label Russian Tunisia Тунис (To'ns) and the Spanish label Túnez.
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