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	Tunis. Who is Tunis? What is Tunis? Where is Tunis? Definition of Tunis. Meaning of Tunis. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The city is located on the Lake of Tunis, and is connected to the Gulf of Tunis, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, by a canal terminating at the port of Halq al Wadi.
		Tunis became the capital of Tunisia under the Hafsid dynasty, and was a leading center of trade with Europe.
		The Arab League was headquartered in Tunis from 1979 to 1990.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Tunis (208 words)

	Tunis
		Tunis is the commercial and economical centre for northern Tunisia, and the administrative for the whole of Tunisia.
		Tunis is divided into three parts, the old city, called medina; the French, which now is the centre; and the newer and larger regions built in the south and the north of the city.
		Tunis has some landmarks, most dominant are the 8th century Zitouna mosque and the few leftovers after ancient Carthage (one of the banlieus, on the coast some kilometres out of Tunis).
	i-cias.com /e.o/tunis.htm (454 words)

	Tunis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The historical city of Carthage was located across from the center of modern Tunis.
		Under the Almohads and the Hafsids, from the 12th to the 16th century, Tunis was considered one of the greatest and wealthiest cities in the Islamic world.
		Tunis is served by the Tunis-Carthage International Airport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tunis (349 words)

	MAJESTIC HOTEL TUNIS - Introduction Générale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The European city, between the Medina and the lake of Tunis, is built according to a geometrical plan : the businesses and spectacle quarter prolongs, to the north, by residential quarters, to the est, by the quarter of the port.
		Tunis, whose population has considerably increased since the independence, is surrounded of suburbs, residential on the littoral.
		Tunis is a lot more enviable than its powerful neighbor, whose ruins train to sixteen kilometers of the current capital.
	www.majestichotel.com.tn /html-gb/tunis-gb.htm (573 words)

	AllRefer.com - Tunis (Tunisia Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Access to the Gulf of Tunis (an arm of the Mediterranean) is by a canal terminating at a subsidiary port, Halq al Wadi (La Goulette).
		Tunis became the capital of Tunisia under the powerful Hafsid dynasty (13th–16th cent.) and was a leading center of trade with Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean.
		In World War II, Tunis was held by Axis forces from Nov., 1942, to May 7, 1943, and was the base for their final stand in Africa.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Tunis.html (306 words)

	Conservation
		Honnedaga Lake is a large (770 acre), deep (max depth 184 feet), and highly transparent (secchi depth 75 feet) body of water.
		We suspect that the recently observed lake population of brook trout resulted from recolonization of the lake from small tributary populations that survived in isolation for nearly three decades.
		A recovery of the Honnedaga Lake brook trout population is underway.
	fish.dnr.cornell.edu /trout/honnedaga.htm (1278 words)

	TUNIS - Online Information article about TUNIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		That at the Tunis end of the canal is 1312 ft. long by 984 ft. broad, and is of the same depth as the canal.
		Environs: The Bardo Palace, Zaghwan, &c.The environs of Tunis are picturesque and afford many beautiful views, the finest being from the hill on the south-cast, crowned by a French fort, and from the Belvedere already mentioned.
		Between Zaghwan and Tunis,, and accessible by the same railway, is Wadna, the Roman Uthina, where, besides numerous other ruins, are the fairly preserved arches of a large amphitheatre.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TUM_VAN/TUNIS.html (2180 words)

	Tunis
		Ichkeul National Park, in northern Tunisia, protects a lake and the surrounding wetlands that serve as a resting area for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds, including ducks, geese, and pink flamingos.
		Tunis, the captial and largest city of Tunisia, is divided into two sections: an older Muslim quarter, characterized by narrow, winding streets, and a newer, European section, with straight, wide streets.
		The capital and largest city of Tunisia is the seaport of Tunis, with a population of 674,100 in 1995.
	www.arab-world-information.com /tunis.htm (4852 words)

	TUNIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tunis was probably founded as a Phoenician settlement in the 6th century BC but was overshadowed by neighboring Carthage in ancient times.
		A revived Tunis flourished after the Arabs took control during the 7th century AD and was especially prominent under the Hafsite dynasty (1228-1574).
		During that period the population increased dramatically as thousands of Europeans and Muslims were drawn to the area by growing commercial and industrial facilities.
	www.2747.com /2747/world/city/tunis.htm (299 words)

	Tunis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tunis itself, the capital and biggest city of the country, is in the present tense - high-rises, modern tramway and all - but superimposed on layers of the distant past.
		Until an ambitious reclamation project of the late 19th century it was all under water, part of the marshy Lake of Tunis.
		Under the French protectorate the modern district of Tunis took rather stately form - a promenade striding proudly from the gate of the medina to the edge of the port, a grand compound for the colonial powers, and a grid of shopping streets reminiscent of a provincial city someplace in southern France.
	www.dannystravel.co.uk /tunis.htm (344 words)

	Tunis -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Arabic Tunis, or Tunus, capital and largest city of Tunisia, on the northern African coast, between the western and eastern basins of the Mediterranean Sea.
		Tunis was built at the end of the shallow Lake of Tunis, an inlet of the Gulf of Tunis, and is linked with its port, Halq al-Wadi, 6 miles (10 km) to the northeast.
		Located on a sandbar between Lake Tunis and the Gulf of Tunis, it is linked to the capital by a canal 7 miles (11 km) long.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9073786 (862 words)

	Geographic Location (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Port of Tunis, Tunisia is located on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.
		Situated in the southwest corner of the Gulf of Tunis, the Port of Tunis is divided into two separate, distinct parts.
		Tunis Canal is a 7 n mi long, narrow, dredged channel that extends between masonry embankments across Lake (Buhayrat) Tunis between La Goulette and Tunis.
	www.naples.navy.mil /nemof/euroports/Tunis/Geogloc.html (374 words)

	Tunis - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		TUNIS: Although overall illiteracy rates have been falling in Arab countries, rising populations mean that the total number of people unable to either read or...
		The second phase of WSIS to be held in Tunis, Tunisia from November 16 to1 8 2005 would focus on the follow-up and implementation of the Geneva Declaration of...
		Tunis news from Sept 2004 to Dec 2004
	news.daylightonline.com /2005/Tunis.html (2957 words)

	Tunis, Tunisia - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		unis (ancient Tunes), city, port, and capital of Tunisia, on the Lake of Tunis, northeastern Tunisia.
		The city is also the site of the University of Tunis (1960).
		A revived Tunis flourished after the Arabs took control during the 7th century AD and was especially prominent under the Hafsid dynasty (1228-1574).
	www.galenfrysinger.com /tunis_tunisia.htm (311 words)

	Carthage
		Various traditions concerning the foundation of Carthage were current among the Greeks, who called the city Karchedon; but the Roman tradition is better known because of the Aeneid, which tells of the city's foundation by the Tyrian princess Dido, who fled from her brother Pygmalion (the name of a historical king of Tyre).
		The site chosen for Carthage in the centre of the shore of the Gulf of Tunis was ideal: the city was built on a triangular peninsula covered with low hills and backed by the Lake of Tunis with its safe anchorage and abundant supplies of fish.
		Carthage, after its capture by the Arabs in 705, was totally eclipsed by the new town of Tunis.
	www.crystalinks.com /carthage.html (751 words)

	Avian Demography Unit: Tunisia 2004
		Arriving at Tunis Carthage International airport one flies over "Lac de Tunis" a large coastal lake bordering Tunis to the north-east.
		Located in the Avenue Habib Bourguiba, in the new town, is the statue of Ibn Khaldoun one of the great Islamic scholars of the 14th century who was born in Tunis in 1332.
		Birds are a prominent feature in Tunisian culture as is evidenced by this murial on one of the walls at the airport in Tunis.
	web.uct.ac.za /depts/stats/adu/travel/tunisia1104.htm (915 words)

	FOUR DECADES OF CHANGE IN TUNISIA February 2001
		There are now nearly 10 million Tunisians, which is three times as many as in the mnid-1960s and four times as many as at independence--in spite of a gradual slowing of rate of population increase.
		Tunisia definitely feels more crowded, especially in the cities, which have grown upward and outward, Tunis is gigantic, with endless suburbs, including a new shopping and residential quarter built on land reclaimed from the Lake of Tunis.
		Tunis has both an elevated highway and a peripheral highway, and there is a modern auto route stretching south almost to Sfax.
	friendsofmorocco.org /FOTNews/FOTchange0201.htm (1581 words)

	Tunisia Information
		With its feet in the Sahara and its head in the Med, Tunisia covers a lot of scenic ground.
		As for beaches, Tunisia's 1,300-km (800-mile) share of the Mediterranean shore runs from hidden coves to endless white sand beaches that nature's generous master plan might have designed for children.
		In the capital, Tunis, the average January temperature is a gentle 10ºC (50ºF).
	www.vjv.co.uk /information/country/africa/tunisia_info.html (1948 words)

	Tunis - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tunis, Casablanca and Istanbul are among the Muslim-majority cities that have been attacked.
		TUNIS, February 13 (Itar-Tass) - Poland has prepared the calendar of a step-by-step withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, Longin Pastusiak, the speaker of the...
		The conference precedes the second phase of the WSIS, to be held in Tunis, Tunisia, in November.
	news.daylightonline.com /2005-02/Tunis.html (2790 words)

	TUNIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The capital is Tunis (134), situated at the SW.
		end of the Lake of Tunis, a few miles SE.
		tuis, unis, tnuis, utnis, tunsi, tuni, tunnis, tuunis, tnis, tuniss, tuns, tuins, tuniis, ttunis.
	simplestartpage.com /2305T_TUNIS.HTML (64 words)

	Chapter Conquests Of Justinian, Character Of Balisarius. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire by ...
		Still ignorant of the revolution, they declined, however, the rash attempt of forcing the chain of the port; and the adjacent harbor and suburb of Mandracium were insulted only by the rapine of a private officer, who disobeyed and deserted his leaders.
		But the Imperial fleet, advancing with a fair wind, steered through the narrow entrance of the Goletta, and occupied, in the deep and capacious lake of Tunis, a secure station about five miles from the capital.
		No sooner was Belisarius informed of their arrival, than he despatched orders that the greatest part of the mariners should be immediately landed to join the triumph, and to swell the apparent numbers, of the Romans.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/1/62/109/25683/7.html (615 words)

	Tunis - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		city, port, and capital of Tunisia, on the Lake of Tunis, northeastern Tunisia.
		Tunis, the capital city, is situated to the north of the country.
		I lived in Tunis, up the north near Parc Nahili, the city's 'amusement' park, full of over-sized plastic animals, a few tired looking camels and a lot of sand.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/tunis (283 words)

	Tourist Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tunis is increasingly perceived as a place where one can enjoy serenity, openings, open-mindedness, tolerance, and leisure.
		A visit to the Medina of Tunis is like traveling back in time.
		Every year, the Medina of Tunis welcomes tourists from all over the world who come for entertainment and souvenirs, for we all need symbolic objects to bring back memories of the souks and all the magnificent objects it contains, from beautiful rugs to little knick-knacks.
	www.medianet-tunisie.com /aiccsa/tourist.htm (311 words)

	Sebkhet Sedjoumi (Important Birds Areas of Tunisia)
		In summer it dries out to a large extent, but small quantities of sewage and waste-water flow in from the suburbs of Tunis to the north, so that there is water and habitat for Phoenicopterus ruber and waders even in late summer.
		In the southern and western parts of the lake there are about 40 islands varying in size from a few square metres to several hectares.
		Given the decrease in importance of the Lake of Tunis, it would be a high priority to establish a properly managed reserve or National Park here at the gates of the capital.
	www.birdlife.org /datazone/sites?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=6927&m=0 (450 words)

	Tunis, Tunisia: Bab el Bahr
		Before the French came in the 19th century, that was exactly what it was too.
		Then there was just open grounds here, leading down to the lake of Tunis.
		For the French the Bab el Bahr became a symbol, as the gate between the Oriental part and the European part of Tunis.
	lexicorient.com /tunisia/tunis04.htm (94 words)

	Tunis
		Earl Alexander of Tunis The title of Earl Alexander of Tunis was created in Peerage of the United Kingdom.
		Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis an...
		4 Miscellaneous topics Geography The city is located on the Lake of Tunis, and is...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/tunis.html (87 words)

	Michael J. Totten: The North is a Garden
		The fine old Tunis medina is an ancient maze of twisting streets, carpet stalls, cafes, shuttered windows, arched passageways, minarets, hanging baskets, gypsum lamps, scavenging cats, and secret paths.
		Catch the light rail line at the Tunis Marine station and in just 20 minutes you'll be whisked to the ruins of Carthage, now a bedroom community for wealthy Tunisians who built an enourmous marble mosque that will stop your breath.
		Gaze across the shimmering torquoise waters of the Gulf of Tunis to the twin-horned mountain that was the ancient home of Hannibal's pagan god Baal.
	www.michaeltotten.com /archives/000446.html (2878 words)

	Patrick J. Whaling - Publications
		Sedimentation in the Lake of Tunis: a lagoon strongly invluenced by man. Environmental Geology, 1:215-225.
		Also translated to: La sedimentation dans le lac de Tunis: une lagune fortement marguee par l'homme.
		Holocene evolution of a coastal lagoon of Lake Tunis, Tunisia.
	www.mbari.org /staff/whpa/Publications.htm (330 words)

	Upstate New York Luxury Real Estate for the Catskills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A new, very private, contemporary of superior construction and quality workmanship...located in the prestigious Tunis Lake area.
		A long entrance driveway winds past a lovely pond to the bucolic setting of this impressive house with views of the mountains and Tunis Lake.
		Come enjoy all of the amenities of country living that comes with this home...access to the private Tunis Lake community..including, swimming, boating, tennis, basketball and handball facilities.
	www.catskillpremier.com /072_30849/index2.html (172 words)

	Tunis Tunisia SAR Orbit number: 42969 2003-07-09
		This ERS-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) multitemporal colour composite image is centred over Tunis (bright area centre image), the capital of Tunisia and a port on Lake Tunis, located in the northeast region of the country.
		Clearly visible is the access from the city to the Gulf of Tunis (an arm of the Mediterranean) by the canal (right of the city) that terminates at the subsidiary port, Halq al Wadi (La Goulette).
		On the west and south sides of the city are the Tell Atlas Mountains, where fertile valleys and plains may be observed interspersed among the mountains.
	earth.esa.int /showcase/ers/Tunis_Tunisia_SAR_IM_Orbit_42969_20030709.htm (240 words)

	Gustave Flaubert : Salammbo : Chapter III. Salammbo
		The grinding of the hydraulic wheels which conveyed water to the highest storys of the palaces, was no longer heard; and the camels, lying ostrich fashion on their stomachs, rested peacefully in the middle of the terraces.
		The motionless waves shone around Carthage, for the moon was spreading her light at once upon the mountain-circled gulf and upon the lake of Tunis, where flamingoes formed long rose-coloured lines amid the banks of sand, while further on beneath the catacombs the great salt lagoon shimmered like a piece of silver.
		Suddenly he perceived on the horizon, behind Tunis, what looked like slight mists trailing along the ground; then these became a great curtain of dust extending perpendicularly, and, amid the whirlwinds of the thronging mass, dromedaries' heads, lances and shields appeared.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.1/bookid.631/sec.3 (2195 words)

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