Tunisia
Capital: Tunis · North Africa
Ancient Carthage's homeland and a hinge of Mediterranean history, from Phoenician traders to Kairouan's early Islamic scholarship.
Ethnic communities
- Tunisian ArabsCoastal and Sahel populations with deep Punic-Berber roots
- Amazigh villagesBerber-speaking communities of Djerba and the south (e.g., Chenini)
- Jerban JewsOne of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, on Djerba
More communities of Tunisia
- Djerba Amazigh — Guellala's potters and Ibadi villages of the island
- Matmata Berbers — Troglodyte courtyard-home builders of the south
- Sahel coastal communities — Olive-belt townsfolk of Sousse–Monastir
- Jerid oasis communities — Tozeur–Nefta date farmers and Sufi shrine keepers
- Ouderna & southern Bedouin — Steppe herders of the Dahar and ksour granaries
- Andalusi-descended townspeople — Testour and Zaghouan heirs of Iberian exile
- Kroumirie mountain folk — Cork-oak highlanders of the northwest
- Sfaxi merchant families — Olive and trade dynasties of the southern port
- Cap Bon communities — Orchard peninsula's farmers and fishers
- Kairouan artisan families — Carpet-weavers of the holy city
- Zlass & Frechich tribes — Central-steppe pastoral lineages
- Hammama — Historic nomads of the Gafsa steppe
- Chott-edge communities — Salt-lake margin herders and date farmers
- Bizerte coastal folk — Northern port fishers of Andalusi-Ottoman blend
Languages
Major languages: Arabic, Tamazight (Shilha pockets), French
Language families: Afro-Asiatic
Historical kingdoms & states
- • Carthaginian Empire
- • Aghlabid Emirate
- • Hafsid Sultanate
Heritage sites
- • Carthage
- • Medina of Tunis
- • Amphitheatre of El Jem
- • Kairouan
- • Dougga
Cultural highlights
Malouf musicTroglodyte architecture of Matmata