Total area: 163,610 sq km
Land area: 155,360 sq km
Water area: 8,250 sq km
Climate description: temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
Terrain description: mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara
Arable land Use: 17.35%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 14.63%
Irrigated Land: 3,970 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources: 4.6 cu km (2011)
Total freshwater withdrawal:
Natural hazards description: NA
Environmental current issues: toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural freshwater resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
Total labor force: 3.914 million
% of labor force in agriculture: 18.3%
Agricultural products description: olives, olive oil, grain, tomatoes, citrus fruit, sugar beets, dates, almonds; beef, dairy products
Land area: 155,360 sq km
Water area: 8,250 sq km
Climate description: temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
Terrain description: mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara
Arable land Use: 17.35%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 14.63%
Irrigated Land: 3,970 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources: 4.6 cu km (2011)
Total freshwater withdrawal:
Natural hazards description: NA
Environmental current issues: toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural freshwater resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
Total labor force: 3.914 million
% of labor force in agriculture: 18.3%
Agricultural products description: olives, olive oil, grain, tomatoes, citrus fruit, sugar beets, dates, almonds; beef, dairy products
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Olives are wildly grown in Tunisia and serve as
dish accents with their slightly bitter taste.
dish accents with their slightly bitter taste.
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Almonds are also easily grown in Tunisia
and are a major part of a citizen's diet.
and are a major part of a citizen's diet.
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Sheep are bread for their wool which is used for making cloths in Tunisia.
Sheep became so common in Tunisia that there became a new species specifically
from Tunisia called the Tunis sheep.
Sheep became so common in Tunisia that there became a new species specifically
from Tunisia called the Tunis sheep.
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Barley is largely grown and harvested in Tunisia
for making bread and other gluten foods.
for making bread and other gluten foods.
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This scythe is used to cut barley and wheat although in more
modern times other, more advanced technologies have been
used to speed up the cutting process.
modern times other, more advanced technologies have been
used to speed up the cutting process.