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Tunis, Tunisia flJPD A city
that stood here was once de
scribed as "after Rome, the
busiest and most corrupt cen
ter of the West."
The City was Carthage and
it was a Roman governor, who
so described it almost 1,200
years ago. Carthage was al
ready 1,600 years old.
Modem buildings rise now
from the Roman baths to look
over the Mediterranean to
ward Italy. Freighters and oil
ers push through nearby wa
ters, once the domain of the
Barbary Coast pirates.
The Phoenicians, sailing
west from what now is Leb
anon founded Carthage about
800 B.C. Through the next
2,700 years Romans, Arabs,
Turks and French claimed the
area. Spain made a pass at it
in the 16th Century and the
British controlled the seas
around it 300 years later.
Driven From Tunisia
The Allies drove the Ger
man army from Tunisia into
the Mediterranean in World
War II.
From, this battering cul
tures a predominantly Arab
state arose to independence in
1957. A poor country by
American and European
'standards, Tunisia is neutral,
pro-West and proud.
Tunisia is an agricultural
country. Much, of the land,
though fertile, is underdevel
oped. ' The country covers 48,332
square miles, a little less than
North Carolina and a little
more than Indiana. It is half
' way between the Straits of
'Gibraltar and the Suez Canal
and, with Sicily, forms the
barrier between the eastern
and western Mediterranean.
- Tunisia's 900 miles ot coast
line gave it economic and po-
. litical importance hundreds of
years ago.
- Smallest of Slates
- Tunisia is the smallest of
the north African states in
area, sandwiched between the
Mediterranean on the north
- and east, Libya to the south
. and Algeria to the west.
There are 4,255,000 persons
living in Tunisia, about the
same number as in Missouri.
About 4 million of these are
Tunisian Moslems. The re
mainder are Europeans, most-
ly French and Italians, Jews
: and "foreign" Moslems.
The native Tunisian Is el-
; ther Arab or Berber, a fairer
people than the Arabs.
The country became auton
omous March 20, 1956, after
receiving increasing self-gov
ernment measures from
France since 1947. She be
came a full-fledged republic
one year later under President
Habib Bourguiba.
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Bourguiba was reelected
president in 1959 for a five-
year term.
The president's Neo - Des-
tour or "new constitution"
party is the only one in the
country since the Communists
were banned Jan. 1, 1963.
Internationally. Tunisia be-
longs to the growing group of
neutralist" or non-aligned
nations-the young emerging
countries of Africa and Asia
who put their respective de
velopments before member
ship in either of the world's
power blocs.
North Africans, particular-!
ly, with their history of col
onial domination, see identi
fication with the Communists
or the West as submitting to
"neo-colonialism.".
A 'Young' Country
Tunisia is a "young" coun
try. More than half its popu
lation is under 19 years of
age.
Arabic is the national and
official language although
most educated Tunisians also
speak French. Schooling is ob
ligatory up to the equivalent
of the ninth grade.
For higher education, there
is the Moslem University of
Zitouna in Tunis and the In
stitute of Advanced Studies.
These will be incorporated
into a new Tunisian universi
ty within six years.
Students wishing to study
abroad are encouraged by
government grants. Many of
the civil servants were edu
cated in France for instance.
Geographically, Tunisia is
mountainous, fertile and fair
ly well watered. On the coast,
the climate is temperate. In
land, in the Atlas Mountains,
soft Mediterranean breezes
give way to whipping winds
like Upper Michigan on a No
vember day.
The Tunisian Sahara occu
pies the whole of the south
ern division of Tunisia. But
it is not all desert. Mountains,
in the southeast, reach more
than 4,000 feet and vegeta
tion is abundant.
Rainfall averages about 22
inches a year compared to
slightly , more than seven
inches in Arizona and 43 in
New York. In the Tunisian
Sahara rainfall is uneven.
Two or three years may pass
with none, then there may be
violent floods and storms.
Besides agriculture, which
employs more than 80 per
cent of the work force, Tunis
ia also has minerals - lead,
phosphates and zinc. Since in
dependence her light indus
try, most fertilizers, carpets
and shoes, has increased. So
have her tourists.
But the country Is poor.
More than one-third of her
population earns less than $37
annually,
Farm Laborers
People at this level would
be farm laborers and peasants
living in primitive conditions
in the country on a diet of
bread and dishes made from
rice, oats and barley.
At a higher level there are
people like Amer Ben Khalm
as, a railway office clerk, who
earns about $1,200 a year. He
represents the growing mid
dle class as Tunisia becomes
industrialized.
Amer, 37, his wife Lallah
and their three children share
a three room apartment with
a kitchen and bathroom over
looking the sea in Tunis.
The apartment is immacu
late, but lightly furnished
like most homes in. hot coun
tries. It has a small patio
where the family often sits af
ter the evening meal.
Some for Rent
Amer and Lallah pay six
dinars a month for rent. Most
of the rest of his salary goes
for clothes for himself and
food. He is also buying a German-made
radio on time and
putting some money away. A
national health program pays
doctor and hospital bills.
As the world shrinks in the
air age, Tunisia is discovering
her potential as a tourist at
traction. Hotels rise above spectacu
lar stretches of white sand.
Their Moorish arhes, patios,
fountains and mosaics blend
with the surf, palm tree and
cactus.
Fifty miles southeast of
Tunis is Hammamet, the best
developed holiday spot in the
country. The ornate houses
and swimming pools of Euro
pean colonial officials have
been replaced by hotels and
motels against the background
of orange and lemon groves.
Tunisia is enouraging for
eign firms to build hotels and
is already developing tourist
regions itself.
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SALE 277"
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SALE 129"
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