Geography Of Tunisia

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 water: 8,250 sq km land: 155,360 sq km
Area comparative	slightly larger than Georgia
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
Natural resources	petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt
Land use	arable land: 17.86% permanent crops: 13.74% other: 68.4% (2001)
Irrigated land	3,800 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	NA
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
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
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

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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