Languages: Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce),
French (commerce)
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population: 57%
male: 69%
female: 45%
Labor force: 2.25 million by occupation: agriculture 32% note: shortage of skilled labor
@Tunisia:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Tunisia
conventional short form: Tunisia
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah
local short form: Tunis
Digraph: TS
Type: republic
Capital: Tunis
Administrative divisions: 23 governorates; Beja, Ben Arous, Bizerte,
Gabes, Gafsa, Jendouba, Kairouan, Kasserine, Kebili, L'Ariana, Le Kef,
Mahdia, Medenine, Monastir, Nabeul, Sfax, Sidi Bou Zid, Siliana,
Sousse, Tataouine, Tozeur, Tunis, Zaghouan
Independence: 20 March 1956 (from France)