Tunisia

"Tunisia? That's where Tunis is located, and now I'm in a country where it's named after Tunis, a bustling ancient city... Tunisia."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Tunisian Rumble

Tunisia (English: /tuˈniʒə/; Arabic: تونس‎ Tūnis; Berber: Tunes, ⵜⵓⵏⴻⵙ; French: Tunisie, officially the Republic of Tunisia (Arabic: الجمهورية التونسية‎ Al-Jumhūrīya at-Tūnisīya) is a sovereign state in North Africa, covering 165,000 square kilometers (64,000 square miles). Its northernmost point, Cape Angela, is the northernmost point on the African continent. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia's population was estimated to be just under 11.93 million in 2016. Tunisia's name is derived from its capital city, Tunis, which is located on its northeast coast.

Geographically, Tunisia contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert. Much of the rest of the country's land is fertile soil. Its 1,300 kilometers (810 miles) of coastline include the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin and, by means of the Sicilian Strait and Sardinian Channel, feature the African mainland's second and third nearest points to Europe after Gibraltar.