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| Official Name: |
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Republic of Tunisia |
| Area: |
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162,155 km2 |
| Borders: |
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Maghrebi country, bordered on the north and on the east by the Mediterranean Sea, on the southeast by Libya and on the west by Algeria |
| System: |
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Republican, Presidential |
| President: |
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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali |
| Motto: |
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Freedom, Order, Justice |
| Religions: |
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Islam 98%, Christianity 1%, Judaïsm 1% |
| Capital : |
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Tunis |
| Currency: |
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Tunisian Dinar (1 dinar = 1.35 $ US in July 2006) |
| Population: |
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9,932,400 inhabitants (in 2004) |
| Demographic Density: |
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63.8 inhabitants/km2 (in 2004) |
| Demographic growth: |
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1.6% (in 2004) |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
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73.4 years (in 2004) |
| Economic growth: |
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5% (1997/2006) |
| GDP: |
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40,305 million dinars (2006) |
| GDP per capita |
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3,995 dinars (2006) |
| Schooling rate at the age of 6 years: |
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99.1 % |
| Rate of female students: |
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58 % |
| Poverty rate: |
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3.9% in 2005 versus 50% in 1956 |
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Executive power :
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Women represent 14.89% of the members of the Government (2007). Seven women are members of the Cabinet (two Ministers and five Secretaries of State), as follows:
- Minister of Women, Family, Childhood and the Elderly
- Minister of Equipment, Housing and Territory Planning;
- Secretary of State in charge of computing, Internet and free software
- Secretary of State in charge of social promotion
- Secretary of State in charge of hospital institutions
- Secretary of State in charge of childhood and the elderly
- Secretary of State in charge of American and Asian Affairs reporting to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
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| Legislative Power : |
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Women’s integration rate increased in 2004 to 22.75% of the seats available in the House of Deputies. |
Judicial Power : |
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Women represent
- 28.85% of the judicial body
- 31% of lawyers
- 27.36% of magistrates in the Court of Accounts
- 31.25% of magistrates in Administrative Courts
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