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Tunis Travel Guide

As the capital city of the country Tunis is the center of Tunisian commercial activity, as well as focus of political and administrative life in the country. The expansion of the Tunisian economy in the last decades is reflected in the booming development.

About Tunis

Tunis covers an area of 82.1 sq. miles (212.6 sq. Km) and is estimated to have a population of 738,000 people being he capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city and an important touristical destination.

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Dyers’ Mosque

Rue des Teinturiers in Tunis leads north to the Dyers’ Mosque (Mosquée des Teinturiers; known locally as the Djemaa el Djedid, the New Mosque), which with the associated medersa was built in 1715 by the founder of the Husseinite dynasty. It was modeled on the Sidi Youssef Mosque and, like it, has a slender octagonal minaret. The interior has beautiful carved woodwork.



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