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Ben Ali took office in 1987 when he deposed Habib Bourguiba, who had been President since Tunisia's independence from France in 1956.

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The French progressively assumed the most responsible administrative positions, and by 1884 they supervised all Tunisian government bureaus dealing with finance, post, education, telegraph, public works and agriculture.

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Under the agreement Tunisia will gradually remove barriers to trade with the EU over the next decade along with 9 other Mediterranean countries.

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Ending the old quasi-monarchical institution of the dey, Bourguiba envisioned a Tunisian republic which was secular, populist, and imbued with a kind of French rationalist vision of the state that was Napoleonic in spirit.

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Tunisia has a diverse economy, with important agricultural, mining, energy, tourism, and manufacturing sectors.

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Tunisian culture is a synthesis of various civilizations, heavily influenced in ancient times by Carthage and Rome.

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In 1964, however, Tunisia entered a short lived socialist era.

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Basic materials of Tunisian handicrafts are copper, wool, ceramics, jewelry, and leather.

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Berber, Arab, African, and European influences have shaped the Tunisian cultural identity.

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near Thapsus (modern Ras Dimas, Tunisia), much of Numidia was annexed by the Romans.

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Tunisia is one of the worlds largest producers of Phosphates.

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The Ottomans made Tunisia a province of their empire in 1574, and garrisoned Tunis with 4,000 Janissaries recruited from Anatolia, reinforced by Christian converts to Islam from Italy, Spain, and Provence.

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Tunisia played a prominent role in ancient times, first with the famous Phoenician city of Carthage, and later, as the Africa Province, a part of the Roman Empire.

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Modern Tunisians are the descendants of indigenous Berbers and of people from numerous civilizations that have invaded, migrated to, and been assimilated into the population over the millennia.

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Funds from the World Bank Group in the 1960s were provided to the Education Project for Tunisia in order to begin the construction of middle and secondary schools.

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The fighting ended in early 1943, and Tunisia became a base for operations for the invasion of Sicily later that year.

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The Sahil is a plain along Tunisia's eastern Mediterranean coast famous for its olive monoculture.

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Tunisia hosted the African Nations Cup in 1964, 1994, and 2004, and became African Nations Champion in 2004.

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Until the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, Tunisia had a strong presidential system dominated by a single political party.

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The Tunisian Republic (???????? ????????), or Tunisia, with a population of over 10 million, is a predominately Muslim Arab nation situated on the North African Mediterranean Sea coast.

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The Tunisian state was rebuilt by the imposition of Ottoman Empire rule in the late sixteenth century.

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Tunisia is ranked most competitive economy of Africa in the 2007 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report that is released by the World Economic Forum.

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At the beginning of recorded history, Tunisia was inhabited by Berber tribes who were the descendants of the pre-Arab inhabitants of North African tribes.

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An abrupt southern turn of its shoreline gives Tunisia two faces on the Mediterranean and marks the division between the eastern and western sections of the Sea.

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Tunisia has signed, but not ratified the Marine Life Conservation agreement.

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Independence from France was achieved on March 20, 1956, as a constitutional monarchy with the Bey of Tunis, Muhammad VIII al-Amin Bey, taking reign as the king of Tunisia.

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During World War II, the French authorities in Tunisia supported the Vichy government which ruled France after its capitulation to Germany in 1940.

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The Ottoman Empire was comprised mostly of Turks with governors or Beys, under whom Tunisia attained virtual independence.

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When the Zirids angered the Fatimids in Cairo (1050), the latter sent in the Banu Hilal, Arabs from Arabia, to ravage Tunisia.

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Prior to 1958, education in Tunisia was only available to a privileged minority, about 14 percent of the population.

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Today Tunisia has a sizable Christian community of around over 25,000 adherents, mainly Catholics and to a lesser degree Protestants.

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Berber Christians continued to live in Tunisia up until the early fifteenth century.

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On May 12, 1830, Tunisia, was made a French protectorate and in 1956 gained its independence.

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In 2008, Tunisia will be a completely associated member of the E.U.

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Tunisia was known as the bread basket of the Roman Empire.

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The predominant lineage is Berber, with Tunisians regarding themselves as Arabs.

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Julius Caesar landed in Tunisia in pursuit of Pompey and Cato the Younger, who had gained the support of the Numidian king Juma I.

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Over the centuries many peoples, including Romans, Vandals, and Arabs have occupied Tunisia, though the predominant lineage prevailing is Berber.

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The Almohad Dynasty was succeeded by the Hafsids Dynasty (c.1230–1574), under whom Tunisia prospered.

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In 1159, Tunisia was conquered by the Almohads, caliphs of Morocco (1130–1269), who sought to purify Islamic doctrines.

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Nearly all Tunisians (98 percent of the population) are Muslim while the remaining 2 percent follow Christianity and Judaism or other religions.

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North of the Dorsal is the Tell, a region characterized by low, rolling hills and plains, although in the northwestern corner of Tunisia, the land reaches elevations of 1,050 meters.

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The Constitution of Tunisia, adopted on January 26, 2014, guarantees rights for women and states that the President's religion "shall be Islam."

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Arabic is Tunisia's main language, but French is used predominantly in the media, commercial enterprise, and government departments.

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Tunisia sits on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nile Valley.

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Tunisia became a center of Arab culture and learning and was assimilated into the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century.

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Various types of high pile carpets are produced, including the Berber gatifa carpet, the mergoum widely used in central and southern Tunisia and the alloucha traditionally manufactured in Kairouan.

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Unique styles of architecture are found throughout Tunisia.

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In 1861, Tunisia enacted the first constitution in the Arab world, but a move toward a republic was hampered by the poor economy and political unrest.

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Tunisia's association agreement with the European Union (EU) entered into force on March 1, 1998, the first such accord between the EU and Mediterranean countries to be activated.

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Tunisia is a constitutional republic, with a president serving as head of state, prime minister as head of government, a unicameral parliament and a civil law court system.

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Tunisian carpets are known to be of high quality craftsmanship.

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The Muradid Beys eventually triumphed, and ruled until 1705, when Hussein ibn Ali of Tunisia came to power.

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Despite its relatively small size, Tunisia has great geographical and climactic diversity.

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On May 12 of that year, Tunisia was officially made a French protectorate.

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Carthage was eventually destroyed during the Third Punic War, and Tunisia was made part of the Roman Empire.

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A synthesis of various civilizations, having been settled by various peoples, Tunisia is a center of rich cultural activity.

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Tunisia possesses petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt, and arable land.