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In other languages: العربيةGuide to Tunisia ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Information[edit | edit source]
Tunisia is a country in Africa bordered by Algeria and Libya. It was formerly governed by the Ottoman Empire and was a French Colony from 1881-1956. In 1956, France agreed to withdraw its protectorate and the country became independent. The official language is Arabic.[1]
Tunisia Map[edit | edit source]
Governorates[edit | edit source]
Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates:
- Ariana (Aryanah)
- Beja (Bajah)
- Ben Arous (Bin 'Arus)
- Bizerte (Banzart)
- Gabes (Qabis)
- Gafsa (Qafsah)
- Jendouba (Jundubah)
- Kairouan (Al Qayrawan)
- Kasserine (Al Qasrayn)
- Kebili (Qibili)
- Kef (Al Kaf)
- Mahdia (Al Mahdiyah)
- Manouba (Manubah)
- Medenine (Madanin)
- Monastir (Al Munastir)
- Nabeul (Nabul)
- Sfax (Safaqis)
- Sidi Bou Zid (Sidi Bu Zayd)
- Siliana (Silyanah)
- Sousse (Susah)
- Tataouine (Tatawin)
- Tozeur (Tawzar)
- Tunis
- Zaghouan (Zaghwan)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Tunisia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia, accessed 20 April 2016.