!!!Tunisia: Geography
||Location|Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
||Geographic Coordinates|34 00 N, 9 00 E[{GoogleMap location='34.0,9.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''163,610 sq km\\''land: ''155,360 sq km\\''water: ''8,250 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''1,424 km\\''border countries: ''Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km
||Coastline|1,148 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Shatt al Gharsah -17 m\\''highest point: ''Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m
||Highest Mountains|According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Jebel Chaambi 1544 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]:Jebel ech Chambi 1544 m; Jebel Bireno 1419 m; Jebel el Ajered 1385 m; Jebel Selloum 1373 m; Jebel Tiouacha 1363 m\\__List verified partially__\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] 
||Terrain|mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara
||Natural Hazards|NA
||Natural Resource|petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt
||Land Use|''arable land: ''17.35%\\''permanent crops: ''14.63%\\''other: ''68.02% (2011)
||Climate|temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
||Irrigated Land|3,970 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|4.6 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural freshwater resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Marine Life Conservation
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Tunis; Safaqis; Aryanah; at-Tadaman Dawwar Hisar; Susah\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Tunis; Sfax; Sousse; Midoun; Kairouan\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Tunisia/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|strategic location in central Mediterranean; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration