Tunisia is located at the northern end of Africa, facing Italy across the sea, bordering Algeria in the west and Libya in the southeast. The east and north are close to the Mediterranean Sea, with a coastline of 1300 km. Land area 162 155 km2.

Tunisia has a complicated terrain. Mountains in the north, lowlands and terraces in the central and western regions; The northeast is coastal plain and the south is desert. The highest mountain peak is Shannaibi Mountain, with an altitude of 1544 meters.

Northern Tunisia has a subtropical Mediterranean climate, with mild and rainy winters and hot and dry summers. The south has a tropical continental desert climate, with a dry-hot monsoon blowing from the Sahara desert, which is extremely hot in summer, with the highest temperature exceeding 50℃. August is the hottest month, with an average daily temperature of 265,438+0-33℃. The most Leng Yue is in June 5438+ 10, and the daily average temperature is 6- 14℃. Annual rainfall: north 1000 mm, south 200mm.

Domestic water system is underdeveloped. The largest river is maigre Da River, with a drainage area of about 24,000 square kilometers.

Tunisia's natural resources

Tunisia is poor in natural resources. The main resources are phosphate, oil, natural gas, iron, aluminum and zinc. Phosphate reserves are 6,543.8 billion tons, ranking17 in the world; In recent three years (20 17 -20 19), the annual output of phosphate was 4.5 million tons, 3 million tons and 3.8 million tons respectively.

By 20 1 8,65438+ 1 0,1,the proven reserves of crude oil are 425 million barrels (about 65438+1100 million tons), ranking 48th in the world, with a reserve-production ratio of 2.2 1%. The annual output is 2.4 million tons; The daily output is 53,000 barrels, with an average annual growth rate of-1 1.8%.

As of 20 1 8,65438+10,1day, the proven natural gas reserves are 6565438+300 million cubic meters, ranking 58th in the world. The proven iron ore reserves are 25 million tons.