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Tunis
36.80° N, 10.18° E
- Population
- 2,412,500
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 23
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 23 cities of Tunisia in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Tunisia, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 4 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 213 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Tunis Governorate
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Africa/Tunis
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Tunis, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Tunis have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The origin of the ancient name Tunis is unclear; it is sometimes associated with the name of the Phoenician goddess "Tanith".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
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