Total area: 163,610 km2
land area: 155,360 km2

Comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of South Carolina

Land boundaries: 1,424 km total
Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km

Coastline: 1,148 km

Maritime claim: @m5Territorial sea: 12 nm

Disputes: maritime boundary dispute with Libya

Climate: temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south

Terrain: mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara

Natural resources: crude oil, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt

Land use: 20% arable land; 10% permanent crops; 19% meadows and pastures; 4% forest and woodland; 47% other; includes 1% irrigated

Environment: deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification

Note: strategic location in central Mediterranean; only 144 km from Italy across the Strait of Sicily; borders Libya on east

NOTE: The information regarding Tunisia on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tunisia Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tunisia Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.