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Tunisia

Tunisia is the smallest country of the Maghreb, and its northern tip is the northernmost point of Africa. The ruins of Carthage, the Phoenician city that fought Rome for the Mediterranean, lie on the edge of Tunis, and in 2010 the Arab Spring began here.

The oval Roman amphitheatre of El Jem seen from the air, ringed by the low rooftops of the surrounding town, Tunisia

The amphitheatre at El Jem

Photo: Skander zarrad, CC BY-SA 4.0

Adopted under the beys in the early 1800s, the flag echoes the Ottoman one: a red field with a crescent and star, traditional symbols of Islam, set inside a white disc at the center.

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