الجمهورية التونسية دولة عربية تقع في شمال قارة أفريقيا. يحدها من الشمال والشرق البحر الأبيض المتوسط، ومن الجنوب الشرقي الجماهيرية الليبية، ومن الغرب الجزائر. عاصمتها مدينة تونس. تبلغ مساحة الجمهورية التونسية 163,610 كم2. تمتد الصحراء على 40 % من الأراضي التونسية بينما تغطي باقي المساحة تربة خصبة محاذية للبحر. لعبت تونس أدوارا هامة في التاريخ القديم منذ عهد الفينيقيين في قرطاج ثم ما عرف باسم مقاطعة أفريقيا إبان الحكم الروماني لها وكانت تسمى مطمور روما .فتحها المسلمون في القرن السابع الميلادي وأسسوا فيها مدينة القيروان.
أشهر مدنها: تونس ، صفاقس ، سوسة ، باجة ، بنزرت ، نابل ، القيروان ، قابس ،مدنين ، الحمامات ،ياسمين الحمامات،جربة و توزر.
La Tunisie est un pays d'Afrique du Nord appartenant au Maghreb, équivalent de la Tamazghaberbère. Elle est bordée au nord et à l'est par la mer Méditerranée. Sa frontière ouest s’ouvre sur l’Algérie (965 km) et sa frontière sud-est sur la Libye (459 km). Son nom est dérivé de celui de sa capitale, Tunis, située dans le nord du pays.
The Tunisian Republic, is a country situated on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. It is the northernmost African country and the smallest of the nations situated along the Atlas mountain range. Around forty percent of the country is composed of the Sahara desert, with much of the remainder consisting of particularly fertile soil, and a 1300-km coastline. Both played a prominent role in ancient times, first with the famous Phoenician city of Carthage, and later, as the Africa Province, which became known as the bread basket of the Roman Empire. Tunisia has borders with ► Algeria and ► Libya, and between Tunisia and ► Sicily lies ► Malta.
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Tunisia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Tunisia.
Carthago's location in Mediterrannean sea's middle
Punic and roman sites in Tunisia
Location of Carthage and Carthaginian influence sphere before the First Punic War (264 BC) Localisation de Carthage et la sphère d'influence carthagienne avant la Première Guerre punique
Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present Tunisia Développement territoriale de l'Empire romain 264 AC-192
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