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TUNISIA FACTS

Population: 9.8 million (UN, 2003)

Capital: Tunis

Major languages: Arabic (official); French

Major religion: Islam

Life expectancy: 71 years (men), 75 years (women) (UN)

Monetary unit: 1 Tunisian dinar (TD) = 1,000 millimes

Main exports: Agricultural products, textiles, oil

Average annual income: US $2,070 (World Bank, 2001)

Internet domain: .tn

International dialling code: +216

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Tunisia Telecommunication*

Telephones - main lines in use:	654,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:	50,000 (1998)
Telephone system:	general assessment: above the African average and continuing to be upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; Internet access available domestic: trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay international: 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in Medarabtel; two international gateway digital switches
Radio broadcast stations:	AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998)
Television broadcast stations:	26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)
Internet country code:	.tn
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	1 (2000)
Internet users:	400,000 (2002)

*Tunisia telecommunications data is from CIA World Factbook.