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Capital: tunis
Country name
: conventional long form: tunisian republic conventional short form: tunisia local long form: al jumhuriyah at tunisiyah local short form: tunis
National holiday: independence day. 20 march (1956)
Government type
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republic
Administrative divisions: 24 governorates; ariana (aryanah). beja (bajah). ben arous (bin 'arus). bizerte (banzart). gabes (qabis). gafsa (qafsah). jendouba (jundubah). kairouan (al qayrawan). kasserine (al qasrayn). kebili (qibili). kef (al kaf). mahdia (al mahdiyah). manouba (manubah). medenine (madanin). monastir (al munastir). nabeul (nabul). sfax (safaqis). sidi bou zid (sidi bu zayd). siliana (silyanah). sousse (susah). tataouine (tatawin). tozeur (tawzar). tunis. zaghouan (zaghwan) |
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Independence:
20 march 1956 (from france)
Political parties and leaders: al-tajdid movement [ali halouani]; constitutional democratic rally party (rassemblement constitutionnel democratique) or rcd [president zine el abidine ben ali (official ruling party)]; liberal social party or psl [mounir beji]; movement of socialist democrats or mds [ismail boulahya]; popular unity party or pup [mohamed bouchiha]; progressive democratic party [nejib chebbi]; unionist democratic union or udu [abderrahmane tlili]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
the islamic fundamentalist party. al nahda (renaissance). is outlawed
International organization participation
: abeda. acct. afdb. afesd. amf. amu. au. bsec (observer). fao. g-77. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icftu. icrm. ida. idb. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. las. miga. monuc. nam. oapec (suspended). oas (observer). oic. onub. opcw. osce (partner). un. unctad. unesco. unhcr. unido. unmee. unoci. upu. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto
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