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What is the capital of Tunisia?
Tunis.
2
Which two countries border Tunisia?
Algeria and Libya.
3
What is the highest mountain?
Jebel ech Chambi (1,544 m) near Kasserine.
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What is the longest river?
The Medjerda.
5
Which vast salt lake lies near Tozeur?
Chott el Djerid.
6
What is the largest island?
Djerba, the largest island of North Africa.
7
Which strait separates Tunisia from Sicily?
The Strait of Sicily, about 140 km wide at its narrowest.
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What is the currency?
The Tunisian dinar, divided into 1,000 millimes.
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When did Tunisia become independent?
20 March 1956.
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When was the republic proclaimed?
25 July 1957.
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Who was the first president?
Habib Bourguiba.
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What law of 1956 banned polygamy?
The Personal Status Code.
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What treaty of 1881 made Tunisia a French protectorate?
The Treaty of Bardo.
14
Who founded Carthage, according to tradition?
Phoenician settlers from Tyre, led by Queen Elissa (Dido).
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Who defeated Hannibal at Zama in 202 BC?
Scipio Africanus.
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Who founded Kairouan around 670?
Uqba ibn Nafi.
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Which Tunis-born scholar wrote the Muqaddimah?
Ibn Khaldun.
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Which dynasty of beys ruled from 1705 to 1957?
The Husainid dynasty.
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Which union won a share of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize as part of a quartet?
The UGTT, with three other civil society groups.
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What is on the flag?
A red field with a white disc holding a red crescent and star.
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Which Roman amphitheatre is at El Djem?
One of the best preserved in the world, from the third century.
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What is harissa?
A hot chili paste, the signature condiment.
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Which flower is a national symbol?
Jasmine.
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Which museum holds a great Roman mosaic collection?
The Bardo National Museum in Tunis.
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Which poet wrote The Will to Life?
Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi, born in Tozeur.

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