חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya |
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Geographic coordinates: |
34 00 N, 9 00 E |
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Map references: |
Africa |
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Area: |
total: 163,610 sq km
land: 155,360 sq km water: 8,250 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly larger than Georgia |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 1,424 km
border countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km |
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Coastline: |
1,148 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm |
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Climate: |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south |
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Terrain: |
mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
highest point: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m |
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Natural resources: |
petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt |
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Land use: |
arable land: 17.86%
permanent crops: 13.74% other: 68.4% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
3,800 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
NA |
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Environment - current issues: |
toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation |
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Geography - note: |
strategic location in central Mediterranean; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration |
More about Tunisia:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya |
|
Geographic coordinates: |
34 00 N, 9 00 E |
|
Map references: |
Africa |
|
Area: |
total: 163,610 sq km
land: 155,360 sq km water: 8,250 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly larger than Georgia |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 1,424 km
border countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km |
|
Coastline: |
1,148 km |
|
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm |
|
Climate: |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south |
|
Terrain: |
mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
highest point: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m |
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Natural resources: |
petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt |
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Land use: |
arable land: 17.86%
permanent crops: 13.74% other: 68.4% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
3,800 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
NA |
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Environment - current issues: |
toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation |
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Geography - note: |
strategic location in central Mediterranean; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration |
More about Tunisia: