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Tunisia

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TUNISIA
TUNISIA

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Table of Contents

Tunisia - Country information

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Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

11 803 588 (2022 estimate) [1]

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

216

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

TN

Internet country code

TN

GRC Country Code

TUN

Tunisia - Number format

   Note: This section last updated 14th March 2021
   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   ۱٫۲۳۴٬۴۵

(where ٬ indicates the decimal separator and ٫ the thousands separator)

Tunisia - Date formats

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   Note: This section last updated 20th June 2021
   dd/mm/yyyy
   14:32   

Tunisia - Languages

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The official language is Standard Arabic External. Most of the population speak Tunisian Spoken Arabic External. There are also 500 speakers of Judeo-Tunisian Arabic External; 3 650 of Duwinna External (in Chenini town, Douirat Town and Tunis); 11 000 French External-speakers; 10 000 speakers of Jerba External and 3 000 Tamezret External speakers in Tamezret village.

Tunisia - For the attention of

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This may be transliterated to Ila inayet.

Tunisia - Personal names and forms of address

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The forms of address used in Tunisia are:

   Sayed      Mr
   Sayeda     Mrs
   Anisa      Miss

Tunisian names use ben meaning “son of” rather than bin.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names External, surnames/family names External, family name prefixes External, forms of address External, job titles External

Tunisia - Company legal forms

Tunisian company types include:

   SASociété Anonyme
   Sarl - Société à responsabilité limitée (private company)
   SAS - Société par actions simplifiée
   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm External

Tunisia - Address format

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Addresses written in Latin script are usually written in French and are similar in format to French addresses. Their format is:

   First Name[ ]LAST NAME
   number[ ]thoroughfare type[ ]Thoroughfare name
   postal code[ ]SETTLEMENT

For example:

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or

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For the postal regions of Ariana & Ben Arous, Bizerte, Gabès, Sfax, Sousse and Tunis, the post office name is written after the city name. In the above example, SOUSSE is the city name and CORNICHE the post office name.

Thoroughfare types are written starting with a lower-case letter. For lists of thoroughfare types and other address component information, please refer to the chapter on France.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired External

Tunisia - Post office box

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When written in Latin script, this is written as Boîte Postale, abbreviated to BP.

Tunisia - Postal codes

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Postal codes (Code Postal) consists of a block of 4 digits. The first two digits indicate the governorate, the final two the delivery office. Codes cannot commence with 0.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired External

Tunisia - Postal code format graphic

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Tunisia - Postal code format

Tunisia - Postal code specifics

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Tunisia - Postal code regular expression

\A([1-9]\d{3,3})\Z

Tunisia - Postal code level of coverage

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Tunisia - Postal code map

Tunisia postal codesSource: Wikipedia. Click on image to expand

Place names in Tunisia

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   Note: This section last updated 7th August 2017

Refer to Exonyms in Tunisia for full lists of place names in Tunisia in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm External
   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm External

Tunisia - Administrative districts

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Tunisia has 24 governorates. These, with their postal code areas, are:

Governorate Postal code area
Al Kaf / Kef 71
Al Mahdiyah / Mahdia 51
Al Munastir / Monastir 50
Al Qasrayn / Kasserine 12
Al Qayrawan / Kairouan 31
Aryanah / Ariana 2020; 2022; 2032; 2035-2037; 2041; 2056-2058; 2061; 2073; 2080-2081; 2083; 2088; 2091; 2094-2095
Bajah / Beja 90
Banzart / Bizerte 70
Bin ’Arus / Ben Arous 1125; 1135; 1145; 1164; 2013-2014; 2018; 2024; 2033-2034; 2040; 2043-2044; 2050; 2054-2055; 2059; 2063-2065; 2074; 2082; 2084; 2090; 2093; 2096-2099
Jundubah / Jendouba 81
Madanin / Medenine 41
Manouba / Mannouba 1110; 1113-1114; 1116; 1124; 1130; 1133-1134; 1142-1144; 1153; 2010-2012; 2021; 2028; 2031; 2071; 2075; 2086
Nabul / Nabeul 80
Qabis / Gabes 60
Qafsah / Gafsa 21
Qibili / Kebili 42
Safaqis / Sfax 30
Sidi Bu Zayd / Sidi Bouzid 91
Silyanah / Siliana 1140 (shared with Zaghwan); 61
Susah / Sousse 40
Tatawin / Tataouine 32
Tawzar / Tozeur 22
Tunis 10; 2000-2009; 2015-2017; 2023; 2025-2026; 2042; 2045-2046; 2051-2053; 2060; 2062; 2066; 2072; 2076; 2078-2079; 2085; 2087; 2089; 2092
Zaghwan / Zaghouan 1100; 1111-1112; 1115; 1121-1123; 1131-1132; 1140 (shared with Silyanah); 1141; 1146; 1152; 1154-1158; 1160; 1162-1163; 1194
   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file External

Administrative districts graphic

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Telephone numbers in Tunisia

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   Note: This section last updated 19th December 2015

Tunisian telephone numbers have 8 digits, and no area codes. Mobile numbers commence with 2, 40-46, 5, 80-82, 88 or 9.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm External 

References

  1. ^ citypopulation.de/en/tunisia/admin/ External 20230107

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