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Tunis (Arabic: تونس‎ , 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.

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  • Tunis, Tunisia

    Tunis as viewed from space

  • Tunis Zitouna-Moschee Minarett

    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

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

  • Charles quint a tunis

    Entry of Charles V into Tunis in 1535

  • Khazdadar

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

  • Tunisia view 1890s2

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

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

    Bab Suika-Suker Square in Tunis, ca. 1899

  • El menzah 1955

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

  • Golfe de Tunis et port de Sidi Bou Saïd

    Tunis bay

  • Kasbah-Kassus

    Kasbah Square comprising the finance ministry and the prime ministry of Tunisia

  • Mairie de Tunis

    City Hall

  • Theatre Municipal de Tunis

    Tunis

  • Tunismarketseller

    A souk shopkeeper

  • Old Man in Tunis

    Elderly man in Tunis

  • SiègeSocialBIAT

    The former headquarters of the Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie, now demolished.

  • Tunis siège télévision

    Headquarters of Tunis channel

  • StatueIbnKhaldounTunis

    Statue of Ibn Khaldoun in Independence Square

  • MuséeFinanceTunis

    Finance museum in Money Square (city centre)

  • QuartiersElMenzah ElManar TunisNord

    El Menzeh-El Manar District

  • PatioDarSoulaimania

    Court of Dar Soulaimania, once the boarding lodge of University of Ez-Zitouna.

  • Souks Tunis

    Souk En Nhas with items of copper

  • Tunis remparts portes

    Walls and gates of the city in 1888

  • SVdP Tunis

    Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul

  • MosqueeEzzeitounaTunis 1

    Zaytuna Mosque

  • Belvédère - Tunis

    Belvédère Park dominating the city

  • GiorcesBardo33-2

    Bardo National Museum

  • Theatre municipal - Tunis

    Tunis Municipal Theatre

  • FaculteLettre9AvrilTunis

    Faculty of the Human and Social Sciences

  • LyceePiloteBourguiba

    Bourguiba High School

  • Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie (19-09-2008)

    National Library of Tunisia

  • Gare Tunis

    Tunis railway station

  • RN 9 - Tunis-La Marsa

    Tunis-Marsa expressway

  • Aéroport Tunis

    Tunis-Carthage International Airport

  • Oussama Mellouli 1

    Oussama Mellouli, gold medallist at the Beijing Summer Olympics and at the London Summer Olympics

  • CA - Radès

    Radès Stadium

  • Ibn Khaldoun-Kassus

    Ibn Khaldoun-Kassus

  • Photo of Souad Abderrahim.

    Souad Abderrahim, mayor of Tunis since 2018.

  • Karthago Antoninus-Pius-Thermen

    Ruins of the Baths of Antoninus in Carthage

  • Dame Carthage(MNC)

    The Lady of Carthage mosaic, one of the major surviving pieces of Byzantine art in modern Tunisia

  • Amilcar, Carthage, Tunisia - panoramio (15)

    Carthage 2013

  • Amphithéâtre romain de Carthage 8

    Carthage 2013

  • Antonine Baths - Marbled Walls

    Carthage 2013

  • Vitrine 3e guerre punique

    Artifacts from the siege of 149–146

  • Carthagethermes 02

    Punic tombs

  • Tunis

    A summer night in Tunis

  • Gulf of Tunis at sunrise

    Tunis bay at sunrise

  • Tunis SPOT 1076

    Satellite view

  • QuartiersElMenzah ElManar TunisNord

    A Tunis suburb

  • Panorama-tunis01

    Panorama

  • Minaret de la grande mosquée Zitouna

    Minaret of Al-Zaytuna Mosque

  • Katedra--sw-wincentego

    Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul

  • Porte-de-france

    Bab el Bhar - Porte De France

  • Suuq (Market) (348982404)

    Medina Alleys

  • Tunis 0276 2013

    Medina 2013

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    Medina 2013

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    Medina 2013

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    Medina 2013

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