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1998-MAR-27

TUNISIAN Republic [Republic of Tunisia]
(Tunis)

TUNISIAN Republic
[Republic of Tunisia]

Flag or logo since 1959-06-01*
Al-Jumhūriyya at-TŪNISIYYA : الجمهورية التونسية (ar) UNO Member
Emblem or Symbol*

President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
(ruler of TUNISIA since 1987-11-07)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places*: Tunis
(Tūnis)
Official & national languages: Arabic (ar) .

Mainland:


TUNISIA TUNISIAN Republic  (Tunis)

23 Divisions:

ARIANA ARIANA Governorate  (Ariana)Local: Wilayah AL-ARYANAH : ولاية أريانة (ar)  (Al-Aryānah)
BEJA BEJA Governorate  (Beja)Local: Wilayah BAJAH : ولاية باجة (ar)  (Bājah)
BEN ARUS BEN ARUS Governorate  (Ben Arus)Local: Wilayah BIN ´ARUS : ولاية بن عروس (ar)  (Bin `Arūs)
BIZERTE BIZERTE Governorate  (Bizerte)Local: Wilayah BINZART : ولاية بنزرت (ar)  (Banzart)
GABES GABES Governorate  (Gabes)Local: Wilayah QABIS : ولاية ڨابس (ar)  (Qābis)
GAFSA GAFSA Governorate  (Gafsa)Local: Wilayah QAFSAH : ولاية ڨفصة (ar)  (Qafṣah)
JENDUBA JENDUBA Governorate  (Jenduba)Local: Wilayah JUNDUBAH : ولاية جندوبة (ar)  (Jundūbah)
KAIROUAN KAIROUAN Governorate  (Kairouan)Local: Wilayah AL-QAYRAWAN : ولاية القيروان (ar)  (Al-Qayrawān)
KASSERINE KASSERINE Governorate  (Kasserine)Local: Wilayah AL-QASRAYN : ولاية الڨصرين (ar)  (Al-Qaṣrayn)
KEBILI KEBILI Governorate  (Kebili)Local: Wilayah QIBILI : ولاية قبلي (ar)  (Qibilī)
KEF KEF Governorate  (Kef)Local: Wilayah AL-KAF : ولاية الكاف (ar)  (Al-Kāf)
MAHDIA MAHDIA Governorate  (Mahdia)Local: Wilayah AL-MAHDIYAH : ولاية المهدية (ar)  (Al-Mahdīyah)
MEDENIN MEDENIN Governorate  (Medenin)Local: Wilayah MADANIYIN : ولاية مدنين (ar)  (Madanīyīn)
MONASTIR MONASTIR Governorate  (Monastir)Local: Wilayah AL-MUNASTIR : ولاية المنستير (ar)  (Al-Munastīr)
NABEUL NABEUL Governorate  (Nabeul)Local: Wilayah NABUL : ولاية نابل (ar)  (Nābul)
SFAX SFAX Governorate  (Sfax)Local: Wilayah SAFAQIS : ولاية صفاقس (ar)  (Safāqis)
SIDI BUZID SIDI BUZID Governorate  (Sidi Buzid)Local: Wilayah SIDI BU ZAYD : ولاية سيدي بوزيد (ar)  (Sīdī Bū Zayd)
SILIANA SILIANA Governorate  (Siliana)Local: Wilayah SILIYANAH : ولاية سليانة (ar)  (Silyānah)
SUSSA SUSSA Governorate  (Sussa)Local: Wilayah SUSAH : ولاية سوسة (ar)  (Sūsah)
TATAWIN TATAWIN Governorate  (Tatawin)Local: Wilayah TATAWIN : ولاية تطاوين (ar)  (Taţāwīn)
TOZEUR TOZEUR Governorate  (Tozeur)Local: Wilayah TAWZAR : ولاية توزر (ar)  (Tawzar)
TUNIS TUNIS Governorate  (Tunis)Local: Wilayah TUNIS : ولاية تونس (ar)  (Tūnis)
ZAGUAN ZAGUAN Governorate  (Zaguan)Local: Wilayah ZAGHWAN : ولاية زغوان (ar)  (Zaghwān)





70 Organisations or Groupings membership (selective)


AFRICAN BANK African Development Bank : AFDB  (Abidjan)
AFRICAN NATURE African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources : CONVENTION ON CONSERVATION  (Algiers)
AFRICAN UNITY Organization of African Unity : OAU  (Addis Ababa)
ARAB LEAGUE League of Arab States : ARAB LEAGUE  (Cairo)
ARAB MAGHREB UNION Arab Maghreb Union : AMU  (Algiers + Rabat)
ATLANTIC TUNA International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas : ICCAT  (Madrid)
CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROHIBITION Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons : OPCW  (The Hague)
COMMON FUND Common Fund for Commodities : CFC  (Geneva)
COMSATS Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South : COMSATS  (Islamabad)
CUSTOMS World Customs Organization : WCO  (Brussels)
EUROMED Barcelona Process of Euro-Mediterranean Conference : EUROMED  (Barcelona)
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : FAO Specialized Agency  (Rome)
FIFA Federation of International Football Association : FIFA  (Zurich)
FRANCOPHONIE Intergovernmental Agency of THE FRANCOPHONIE  (Paris)
GENEVA CONVENTION GENEVA Convention  (Geneva)
GREATER ARABIA Greater Arab Free Trade Area : Council of Arab Economic Unity : CAEU  (Cairo)
GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN GROUP OF SEVENTY-SEVEN at the United Nations [Coalition of Developing Countries]  (New York)
HYDROGRAPHY International Hydrographic Organization : IHO  (Monaco)
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency : IAEA Specialized Agency  (Vienna)
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development : IBRD  (Washington-District of Columbia)
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization : ICAO Specialized Agency  (Montreal)
ICJ International Court of Justice : ICJ  (The Hague)
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development : IFAD Specialized Agency  (Rome)
ILO International Labour Organization : ILO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
IMF International Monetary Fund : IMF Specialized Agency  (Washington-District of Columbia)
IMO International Maritime Organization : IMO Specialized Agency  (London)
INMARSAT International Mobile Satellite Organization : INMARSAT  (London)
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization : INTELSAT  (Washington-District of Columbia)
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION Inter-Parliamentary Union : IPU  (Geneva)
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization : ICPO  (Lyons)
ISESCO Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : ISESCO  (Rabat)
ISLAM Organization of the Islamic Conference : OIC  (Jedda)
ISLAMIC BANK Islamic Development Bank : IDB  (Jedda)
ITU International Telecommunication Union : ITU Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
MARITIME LAW International Maritime Committee : IMC  (Antwerp)
MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE North Atlantic Treaty Organization´s Plan in Mediterranean : MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE  (Brussels)
NON-ALIGNED Non-Aligned Movement : NAM [Coordinating Bureau – Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation : NAM CSSTC]  (Cartagena of the Indies + New York + Jakarta)
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty : NPT  (New York)
ODCCP Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention : ODCCP Agency  (Vienna)
OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : OHCHR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
OLYMPIC GAMES International Olympic Committee : IOC  (Lausanne)
PELINDABA TREATY African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty : ANWFZ  (Pelindaba)
RED CROSS International Committee of the Red Cross : ICRC  (Geneva)
RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies : IFRCS  (Geneva)
REFRIGERATION International Institute of Refrigeration : IIR  (Paris)
SEABED Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority : ISA  (Kingston)
SOUTH-SOUTH Partners in Population and Development : PPD  (Dhaka + Kampala + Taicang)
TRIBUNAL OF THE SEA International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea : ITLOS  (Hamburg)
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme : UN-HABITAT Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development : UNCTAD  (Geneva)
UNDP United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme : UNEP Specialized Agency  (Nairobi)
UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization : UNESCO Specialized Agency  (Paris)
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change : UNFCCC  (New York)
UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees : UNHCR Agency  (Geneva)
UNICEF United Nations International Children´s Emergency Fund : UNICEF Specialized Agency  (New York)
UNIDIR United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research : UNIDIR Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization : UNIDO Specialized Agency  (Vienna)
UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women : UNIFEM  (New York)
UNITED NATIONS United Nations Organization : UNO  (New York)
UNODA United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs : UNODA [Conference on Disarmament]  (Geneva)
UNOOSA Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies : OUTER SPACE Treaty  (Vienna)
UPEACE University for Peace : UPEACE  (Ciudad Colon)
UPU Universal Postal Union : UPU Specialized Agency  (Berne)
WFP World Food Programme : WFP  (Rome)
WHO World Health Organization : WHO Specialized Agency  (Pregny-Chambesy)
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization : WIPO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
WMO World Meteorological Organization : WMO Specialized Agency  (Geneva)
WORLD TOURISM World Tourism Organization : WTOO  (Madrid)
WORLD TRADE World Trade Organization : WTO  (Geneva)

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