Top 10 Interesting Facts About Tunisia 
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Welcome to Countries Facts so Today in this Article I will show you top 10 surprising facts about tunisia so starting at fact.
1 Tunis is tunisia's capital and it's also the city that gave the country its name tunas tunisia tunis is a city that's situated on the shores of the mediterranean sea and the area also is commonly known as old city of medina next thing to know is that since ancient times the berbers have always lived in the area known as tunisia and now going back to the 12th century bc phoenician began to migrate into the lands and established carthage and during 149 bc the romans battled and won over carthage while infusing christianity and architect into tunisia now during the first century of islam the arabs took over tunisia and then the ottomans took over in 1534 up until 1574.
2 Then in the year 1881 france conquered tunisia so if you go to tunisia you'll hear people speaking french today and then from there in the year 1957 tunisia regained its independence and the country became the tunisian republic so yes the people and the country of tunisia has been through a lot and this is one of the reasons why tunisians if you ever meet them they have such pride for their country and their culture it's amazing to see for fact.
3 Tunisia has one of the most important cities in the islamic world and that city is known as cairo so what's significant about the city anyways well it contains the great mosque of kairuan also known as the great mosque of siri and this mosque by the way is a unesco world heritage site the formation of the city of kharan dates back all the way to the year 670.
4 While we're on the topic of cities in tunisia let's talk about mata mata is a small town that is inhabited by original berber-speaking people now in the past underground houses were built to really get away from the desert heat but you know today most tunisians build their houses above ground but you really you'll find underground homes in matt mata because they prefer underground homes rather than living in modern houses the underground homes are formed by digging large open pits whose walls are carved to make houses and these pits actually can hold several families sometimes upwards to five or even nine families in one pit now when it comes to the size of tunisia tunisia is the smallest country in the maghreb region it has an area of 163 610 square kilometers which works out to be 63 1770 square miles and by the way the maghrib region is also known as northwest africa now the region includes algeria libya.
5 Mauritania morocco tunisia and of course they're all members of the arab maghreb union so guys we took a look at five facts so far about tunisia we got five more to go before i get into those i have to recommend our Article about algeria around our world and different countries that we've talked about here in Countries facts so go through it to learn about your favorite countries enough chit chat let's get back into the facts for fact.
6 Tunisia has had a reputation for entertainment and the theater for the last 1 000 years especially with its l jam amphitheater tunisia has really served as a very popular location for even some big hollywood movies over the years and movies have been filmed at the amphitheater inside and around it like movies like star wars.
7 Raiders of the lost ark these were filmed in tunisia among many others and actually like we spoke about mata already but that town also is a great location for filming especially in star wars you can see like the underground huts and everything like they're actually in the movie fact.
8 Leads us to the languages in tunisia so the official language of tunisia is standard arabic although the tunisian arabic dialect known as darija is used in everyday communications as well now other languages spoken in the country of course the vast majority 98 actually speak arabic and about one percent speak berber like i mentioned french is also widely spoken by tunisians many of them are bilingual or trilingual speaking multiple languages because you know of course english is everywhere everybody speaks english in every country pretty much now the next thing i want to talk about you probably guessed it though that islam is the official state religion in tunisia according to the pew research center of all its followers 50 are sunni and 40 are non-denominational muslims and the constitution of tunisia states that the country's religion is islam as well as the government is known as the guardian of religion and the constitution requires the president of tunisia to be a muslim as well fact.
9 Brings us to couscous also called koski now what is this anyways well this is actually the national dish of tunisia if you google it couscous pops up well i know it as couscous i don't know it as kusi but it's a very popular dish it's pretty much small steamed balls of crushed durum reed semolina and while we're on the topic of foods another popular dish is shish kebab as well as there is chaka chukaya that's a very popular salad that's made from onions tomatoes peppers as well as hard-boiled eggs tunisia you're also going to find various types of stews and soups as well but when it comes to pork and alcohol you're not going to really find any of those because that's against the islamic religious code all in all the foods in tunisia are pretty much similar to the surrounding nations as well they're very arab influenced as well as a sprinkle of different cultures from different parts of the world.
10 The final fact i want to share with you in this Article and it's probably one of the most recent major historical events involving tunisia and that was a tunisian revolution which i have to talk about in this Article now the tunisian revolution was an ongoing civil protest that started all the way in december of 2010 and it resulted in the resignation of the tunisian president and also led to the possible dissolution of the constitutional democratic rally which was an authoritarian political party that ruled in the country for well over half a century and historians and analysts will tell you this that the events in tunisia they are considered to be the spark that set off similar protests and revolutions throughout the arab world and the movement you probably heard this term was known as the arab spring and since then tunisia has made pretty good strides when it comes to their governmental structure being a lot more democratic but even though tensions may still be a little bit high due to that event tunisia is still an amazing fascinating and culturally rich country.
1 Tunis is tunisia's capital and it's also the city that gave the country its name tunas tunisia tunis is a city that's situated on the shores of the mediterranean sea and the area also is commonly known as old city of medina next thing to know is that since ancient times the berbers have always lived in the area known as tunisia and now going back to the 12th century bc phoenician began to migrate into the lands and established carthage and during 149 bc the romans battled and won over carthage while infusing christianity and architect into tunisia now during the first century of islam the arabs took over tunisia and then the ottomans took over in 1534 up until 1574.
2 Then in the year 1881 france conquered tunisia so if you go to tunisia you'll hear people speaking french today and then from there in the year 1957 tunisia regained its independence and the country became the tunisian republic so yes the people and the country of tunisia has been through a lot and this is one of the reasons why tunisians if you ever meet them they have such pride for their country and their culture it's amazing to see for fact.
3 Tunisia has one of the most important cities in the islamic world and that city is known as cairo so what's significant about the city anyways well it contains the great mosque of kairuan also known as the great mosque of siri and this mosque by the way is a unesco world heritage site the formation of the city of kharan dates back all the way to the year 670.
4 While we're on the topic of cities in tunisia let's talk about mata mata is a small town that is inhabited by original berber-speaking people now in the past underground houses were built to really get away from the desert heat but you know today most tunisians build their houses above ground but you really you'll find underground homes in matt mata because they prefer underground homes rather than living in modern houses the underground homes are formed by digging large open pits whose walls are carved to make houses and these pits actually can hold several families sometimes upwards to five or even nine families in one pit now when it comes to the size of tunisia tunisia is the smallest country in the maghreb region it has an area of 163 610 square kilometers which works out to be 63 1770 square miles and by the way the maghrib region is also known as northwest africa now the region includes algeria libya.
5 Mauritania morocco tunisia and of course they're all members of the arab maghreb union so guys we took a look at five facts so far about tunisia we got five more to go before i get into those i have to recommend our Article about algeria around our world and different countries that we've talked about here in Countries facts so go through it to learn about your favorite countries enough chit chat let's get back into the facts for fact.
6 Tunisia has had a reputation for entertainment and the theater for the last 1 000 years especially with its l jam amphitheater tunisia has really served as a very popular location for even some big hollywood movies over the years and movies have been filmed at the amphitheater inside and around it like movies like star wars.
7 Raiders of the lost ark these were filmed in tunisia among many others and actually like we spoke about mata already but that town also is a great location for filming especially in star wars you can see like the underground huts and everything like they're actually in the movie fact.
8 Leads us to the languages in tunisia so the official language of tunisia is standard arabic although the tunisian arabic dialect known as darija is used in everyday communications as well now other languages spoken in the country of course the vast majority 98 actually speak arabic and about one percent speak berber like i mentioned french is also widely spoken by tunisians many of them are bilingual or trilingual speaking multiple languages because you know of course english is everywhere everybody speaks english in every country pretty much now the next thing i want to talk about you probably guessed it though that islam is the official state religion in tunisia according to the pew research center of all its followers 50 are sunni and 40 are non-denominational muslims and the constitution of tunisia states that the country's religion is islam as well as the government is known as the guardian of religion and the constitution requires the president of tunisia to be a muslim as well fact.
9 Brings us to couscous also called koski now what is this anyways well this is actually the national dish of tunisia if you google it couscous pops up well i know it as couscous i don't know it as kusi but it's a very popular dish it's pretty much small steamed balls of crushed durum reed semolina and while we're on the topic of foods another popular dish is shish kebab as well as there is chaka chukaya that's a very popular salad that's made from onions tomatoes peppers as well as hard-boiled eggs tunisia you're also going to find various types of stews and soups as well but when it comes to pork and alcohol you're not going to really find any of those because that's against the islamic religious code all in all the foods in tunisia are pretty much similar to the surrounding nations as well they're very arab influenced as well as a sprinkle of different cultures from different parts of the world.
10 The final fact i want to share with you in this Article and it's probably one of the most recent major historical events involving tunisia and that was a tunisian revolution which i have to talk about in this Article now the tunisian revolution was an ongoing civil protest that started all the way in december of 2010 and it resulted in the resignation of the tunisian president and also led to the possible dissolution of the constitutional democratic rally which was an authoritarian political party that ruled in the country for well over half a century and historians and analysts will tell you this that the events in tunisia they are considered to be the spark that set off similar protests and revolutions throughout the arab world and the movement you probably heard this term was known as the arab spring and since then tunisia has made pretty good strides when it comes to their governmental structure being a lot more democratic but even though tensions may still be a little bit high due to that event tunisia is still an amazing fascinating and culturally rich country.
I'm so glad i had the opportunity to share the facts about the country with you in this Article so with that said that wraps up this Article of 10 surprising facts about tunisia tunisians like i mentioned they're such great people they have a great spare they take a lot of pride in their history and their culture and there's so much more to learn so be sure to leave your thoughts and comments below about anything that i mentioned in this Article and we'll see how this Article as quickly as possible but that's up to you guys if you enjoyed this one i'll definitely work on a until next time guys stay awesome stay educated and i'll see you in the next Article
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