Tunis

Tunis

File:Vue aérienne Tunis.jpg

Aerial view

Tunis (Arabic: تونسcode: ar is deprecated , Tūnis) is the capital city of Tunisia. As of 2004, 728,463 people lived in the city. About 1.6 million live in the metropolitan area.

Tunis Media

• Karthago Antoninus-Pius-Thermen.JPG

  Karthago Antoninus-Pius-Thermen

• Tunis Zitouna-Moschee Minarett.JPG

  Courtyard of Zaytuna Mosque, founded in the late 7th century by the Umayyad dynasty

• Piri Reis - Map of the Tunisian Coast with the Ports of Bizerte and Tunis as Far as Kelibia - Walters W658279B - Full Page.jpg

  Historic map of Tunis by Piri Reis. The Walters Art Museum.

• Charles quint a tunis.png

  Entry of Charles V into Tunis in 1535

• Khazdadar.JPG

  Mustapha Khaznadar, Prime Minister of Tunis from 1837 to 1873. and one of the most influential persons in modern Tunisian history.

• Tunisia view 1890s2.jpg

  View of Tunis c. 1890–1900. Zaytuna Mosque is slightly right of center.

• Plan tunis 1890 1914.jpg

  Urban evolution between 1890 and 1914

• Bab Suika-Suker Square, Tunis, Tunisia, ca. 1899.jpg

  Bab Souika Square in Tunis, ca. 1899

• El menzah 1955.jpg

  Extension of the city in the 1950s with the district of El Menzah

• Tunis, Tunisia.JPG

  Astronaut Photo of Tunis, Tunisia taken from the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 27 on April 8, 2011.

Other websites

Media related to Tunis at Wikimedia Commons
Tunis travel guide from Wikivoyage