什么是突尼西亚
北非国家。面积154,530平方公里。人口约9,828,000(2001)。首都︰突尼斯。居民为阿拉伯人和柏柏尔人的後裔。语言︰阿拉伯语(官方语)、法语。宗教︰伊斯兰教(国教)。货币︰第纳尔(D)。突尼西亚的地形包含了海岸地区、山脉、丘陵、一系列盐湖洼地和广阔的撒哈拉沙漠。迈杰尔达河是最长(460公里)且唯一的一条常流河。突尼西亚是非洲最大的磷酸盐和天然气储藏地之一,石油藏量亦丰富。服务业、农业、轻工业,生产和出口石油和磷酸盐是经济的重要项目。以突尼西亚海岸风光和罗马遗址为主的旅游业亦重要。政府形式是共和国,一院制。国家元首为总统,政府首脑是总理。
从西元前12世纪开始,腓尼基人在北非海岸就有一系列的贸易站。到了西元前6世纪,迦太基王国包含了如今突尼西亚的大部分地区。西元前146年罗马人开始统治,直到西元7世纪中叶穆斯林阿拉伯人入侵为止。该地区经过多次的战斗,有胜有负,包括阿拔斯王朝、阿尔摩哈德王朝、西班牙以及鄂图曼土耳其人。1574年起鄂图曼土耳其人占领了突尼西亚,直至19世纪晚期为止。当法国、英国和义大利在竞争统治权时,它保持了一段时间的自治。1881年它成为法国的保护国。第二次世界大战中,1943年美国和英国的军队夺取了它,结束了德国的短暂占领。1956年法国给予完全的独立;布尔吉巴(H. Bourguiba)执政至1987年。
Tunisia
Nation, North Africa. Area: 59,664 sq mi (154,530 sq km). Population (1997 est.): 9,218,000. Capital: Tunis. The population is of Arab and Berber ancestry. Languages: Arabic (official), French. Religion: Islam (official). Currency: Tunisian dinar. Tunisia comprises a coastal region, mountains, an extensive plateau, a marshy area with shallow salt lakes, and a tract of the Sahara desert. The Medjerda is its largest (286 mi, or 460 km long) and only perennial river. Tunisia contains some of the largest phosphate and natural gas reserves in Africa, as well as substantial oil reserves. Major economic sectors are services, agriculture, light industries, and the production and export of petroleum and phosphates. Tourism, focusing on Tunisia's beaches and Roman ruins, is also important. Tunisia is a republic with one legislative house; its chief of state is the president, and the head of government is the prime minister. From the 12th century BC the Phoenicians had a series of trading posts on the North African coast. By the 6th century BC the Carthaginian kingdom encompassed most of present-day Tunisia. The Romans ruled from 146 BC until the Muslim Arab invasions in the mid-7th century AD. The area was fought over, won, and lost by many, including the Abbasids, the Almohads, Spain, and the Ottoman Turks, who finally conquered it in 1574 and held it until the late 19th century. For a time it maintained autonomy as the French, British, and Italians contended for the region. In 1881 it became a French protectorate. In World War II U.S. and British forces captured it in 1943 to end a brief German occupation. In 1956 France granted it full independence; Habib Bourguiba assumed power and remained in office until 1987.
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