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The Country & People of Tunisia |
This page contains links to sites in Tunisia and Tunisia related sites.
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History
Settled in the 12th cent. BC by Phoenicians, Tunisia became (6th cent. BC) the center of the powerful city-state of Carthage, which was destroyed by Rome in 146 BC Taken by the Vandals (5th cent. AD) and the Byzantines (6th cent.), the Arabs conquered Tunisia in the 7th cent., and the Berber population was converted to Islam. The area came under a succession of Muslim rulers, reaching its peak under the Berber Hafsid dynasty (1230–1574). In the late 16th cent. Tunisia was seized by the Ottoman Turks, and as one of the Barbary States it became a stronghold of pirates, on whom the treasury depended for several centuries. European intervention began in the 19th cent., and in 1881 Tunisia became a French protectorate. Nationalist agitation, which first surfaced in the 1920s, became intense after World War II, and independence was achieved in 1956.
In 1957 the country became a republic, with Habib Bourguiba as president. Under Bourguiba, who was elected president-for-life in 1975, Tunisia was a moderate Arab state, following a generally pro-Western foreign policy; support for a negotiated settlement with Israel strained the country's relations with its Arab neighbors, however. Domestically, Bourguiba emphasized modernization and planned economic growth. In 1981 he authorized the legal formation of opposition political parties, indicating a possible shift in the direction of liberal democracy.
In 1987 Bourguiba was deposed, on grounds of senility, by Gen. Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Ben Ali promised continued democratic reform, but he has ruled in an increasingly autocratic fashion and sought to crush Islamic-fundamentalist opposition. Under his regime the economy has seen significant growth as it has moved away from state control. In recent years relations with Libya have improved, and Tunisia joined with its North African neighbors in forming (1989) the Arab Maghreb Union.
Ben Ali was reelected unopposed in 1994 and against token opposition candidates in 1999. A constitutional amendment, approved in 2002 in a referendum by a similar margin, permitted the president to run for more than two terms, and in 2004 Ben Ali was reelected with 95% of the vote; he again faced only token opposition. The landslide victories of Ben Ali and the government party have been marked by intimidation and credible accusations of vote-rigging.
Copyright (c) 2003 Columbia University Press.
Used by permission of Columbia University Press.
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About Tunisia
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Kairouan - A dense network of through and dead-end streets
Medina of Sousse - Made up of tortuous streets and dead-ends
Medina of Tunis - Made up of a non-rectilinear network of streets, vaulted passages, alleys and dead-end streets
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Tunisian Legal Portal
The most comprehensive database: statistical, economic and social
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Provides support and assistance to Tunisian exporters and to their foreign counterparts
Institution to boost industrial investment
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Business Gateway. The virtual fair for Tunisian products and services....
Industry promotion agency
November 2005 - Bridging the digital divide
Offers to investors a site equiped with all viabilities
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Carthage
Programs for both undergraduate and graduate students - Tunis
Carthage
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Un institut de formation professionnelle en informatique et bureautique. Tunis & Gafsa
Specialized in the area of banking and insurance
To boost the training of the executives and the scientific research
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Le C.C.K , en tant que principal opérateur technologique pour l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche
Tunisian Educational Portal
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Collection of post-cards from Tunisia between 1910 and 1930 under the French colonization
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Le Partie du Changement
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Quotidien Tunisien d'informations generales
Al-Sahafa . (pdf)
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Official site
A valuable source for scientific research and an integral part of the national heritage
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To inform the various partners on the upgrading process, regulations and procedures
Real estate registration, allotment and other various activities
Manages a number of social security schemes
The Technological City of Communications
Producers of aluminium fluoride
A national central point for all economic operators concerned with packaging
Association of Handicapped Children Parents
Association for the Promotion of Employment for the Disabled
To promote occupational health and safety
Promoting women's interests in all areas of society, including business, culture and science
Administer mediation, conciliation and arbitration procedures for the settlement of disputes
Protection and management of natural resources
Report on press situation in Tunisia
Conducts operational researches and studies on mothers' conditions, children and the family
Preparing for the IXth Panarab Congress of psychiatry
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Le Programme des Nations Unies pour le developpement
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Une compagnie a vocation exclusivement charter
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Tunis, Tabarka, Gammarth, Hammamet, Sousse
Tunis - On the edge of the business and banking district
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