!Tunisia Tunisia is a country, Region - Northern Africa, Capital - Tunis, Population in 2003 - 9,832,000, Population density - 60 per sq km, Surface area - 163,610 sq km and Currency - dinar. Tunisia was formerly a protectorate of France between 1882 and 1956 when the country achieved independence, forms an eastern continuation of Algeria, fronting the Mediterranean to the N. and E., and stretching S. to the Sahara and Tripoli; is inhabited chiefly by Bedouin Arabs; presents a hilly, and in parts even mountainous, aspect; its fertile soil favours the culture of fruits, olives, wheat, and esparto, all of which are in gradually increasing amounts exported; fine marble is also found, and promises well.