Tunisia in other languages: exonyms, Tunis, Carthage and the anthem
Tunisia is تونس, Tūnis, in Arabic, officially الجمهورية التونسية, and its ISO codes are TN, TUN and 788. The name stands here in 176 languages and variants, the capital Tunis in 74 and Carthage in 69, with the 24 governorates and the words of the anthem.
Official languagesArabic (al-ʿarabīyâ)
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الجمهورية التونسيةal-Ǧumhūrīyâẗu t-Tūnisīyâ
- English
- TunisiaRepublic of Tunisia
- Capital
- تونسTūnis · Tunis
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Tunisia in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Corsican, Basque, Finnish, Kven, Galician, Hawaiian, Igbo, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Lingala, Ladin, Norwegian, Novial, Occitan, Romanian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Northern Sami, Samoan, Sardinian, Swahili | eng / cos / eus / fin / fkv / glg / haw / ibo / ina / ind / ita / jav / lin / lld / nor / nov / oci / ron / rup / scn / sme / smo / srd / swa | Tunisia | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Turkmen | aze / crh / gag / kaa / tuk | Tunis / Тунис | Tunis |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Danish, Saterland Frisian | deu / ltz / nds / dan / stq | Tunesien | same as written |
| Faroese, Romansh, Tok Pisin | fao / roh / tpi | Tunesia | same as written |
| French, Franco-Provençal, Friulian | fra / frp / fur | Tunisie | same as written |
| Asturian, Spanish | ast / spa | Túnez | same as written |
| Bambara, Haitian Creole | bam / hat | Tinizi | same as written |
| Catalan, Portuguese | cat / por | Tunísia | same as written |
| Czech, Slovak | ces / slk | Tunisko | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian | dsb / hsb | Tuneziska | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Kirundi | kin / run | Tuniziya | same as written |
| Quechua, Tagalog | que / tgl | Tunisya | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Tunisië | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Tunizia, Tunisia | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Tunis / Тунис / تۆنٖىس | Tunis |
| Breton | bre | Tunizia | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Tunisi | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Tiwnisia | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Tunizio | same as written |
| Estonian | est | Tuneesia | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Tuneezje | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Tuinisia | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Túinéis | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Tooneesh | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Tunisiya | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Tunis | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Tunézia | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Túnis | same as written |
| Jersey Norman French | jnf | Teunnisie | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Tûnis | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Tunisia, Tunesia, Tunetum | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Tunisija | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Tunisas | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Tuniseja | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Tonizia | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Tuneżija | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Tunisia / Тунисия | Tunisia |
| Malay | msa | Tunisia / تونيسيا | Tunisia |
| Nahuatl | nah | Tunez | same as written |
| Dutch | nld | Tunesië | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | T’nisie | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Tunezja | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Tunisiya / तुनिसिया | Tunisiya |
| Slovio | slo | Tunisia / Тунисиа | Tunisia |
| Slovenian | slv | Tunizija | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Tonėsos | same as written |
| Somali | som | Tuuniisiya | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Tunizi | same as written |
| Swedish | swe | Tunisien | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Tůnezyjo | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Tunízia | same as written |
| Turkish | tur | Tunus | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Tunis / Тунис / تۇنىس | Tunis |
| Vietnamese | vie | Tuy-ni-di | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Tunisän | same as written |
| Võro | vor | Tuneesiä | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Tunizeye | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Tiniisi | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iTunise | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Tunıs | same as written |
| Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Avar, Bulgarian, Chuvash, Kabardian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Macedonian, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abk / abq / alt / ava / bul / chv / kbd / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mkd / mon / oss / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Тунис | Tunis |
| Bashkir, Chechen, Serbian | bak / che / srp | Тунис / Tunis | Tunis |
| Belarusian | bel | Туніс / Tunis | Tunis |
| Kazakh | kaz | Тунис / تۋنيس / Twnïs | Twnïs |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Тунис / تۇنئس / Tunis | Tunis |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Т’унис / T’ûnîs | T’ûnîs |
| Rusyn | rue | Тунісько | Tunis'ko |
| Tatar | tat | Тунис / Tunis / تۇنىس | Tunis |
| Tajik | tgk | Тунис / تونس / Tunis | Tunis |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Туніс | Tunis |
| Arabic, Pashto | ara / pus | تونس | Tūnis |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | تونیس / Tunis | Tunis |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | توونس / Tûnis | Tûnis |
| Persian | fas | تونس / Tunes | Tunes |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | ٹیونس | Ṫiyūnis |
| Dari | prs | تونس | Tūnes |
| Uyghur | uig | تۇنىس / Tunis / Тунис | Tunis |
| Urdu | urd | تونیسیا, تیونس | Tūnīsiyā, Tiyūnis |
| Dhivehi | div | ޓިއުނީށިއާ | Ṫiunīŝiā |
| Syriac | syr | ܬܘܢܣܝܐ | Tūnisiyā |
| Hebrew | heb | תוניסיה, טוניסיה | Tūnīsyah, Ṭūnīsyah |
| Ladino | lad | טוניז / Tunez | Tunez |
| Yiddish | yid | טוניסיע | Tunisye |
| Berber | ber | ⵜⵓⵏⵙ / Tuns | Tuns |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵜⵓⵏⴻⵙ / Tunes | Tunes |
| Amharic | amh | ቱኒዚያ, ቱኒዝያ | Tuniziya, Tunizya |
| Greek | ell | Τυνησία | Tynīsía |
| Armenian | hye | Թունիս | T̕ounis |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ტუნისი | Tunisi |
| Laz | lzz | თუნუსი / Tunusi | Tunusi |
| Hindi | hin | ट्यूनीशिया, ट्युनिसिया, टूनीसिया, तुनिशिया, तुनीसिया | Ṭyūnīšiyā, Ṭyunisiyā, Ṭūnīsiyā, Tunišiyā, Tunīsiyā |
| Nepali | nep | ट्युनिसिया | Ṭyunisiyā |
| Bengali | ben | টিউনিশিয়া, তিউনিসিয়া | Ṭiunišiyā, Tiunisiyā |
| Gujarati | guj | ટ્યુનિશિયા | Ṭyunišiyā |
| Odia | ori | ଟୁନିସିଆ | Ṭunisiā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਟੁਨੀਸ਼ੀਆ | Ṭunīšīā |
| Sinhala | sin | ටියුනීසියාව | Ṭiyunīsiyāva |
| Kannada | kan | ಟುನೀಸಿಯ | Ṭunīsiya |
| Malayalam | mal | ടുണീഷ്യ | Ṭuṇīṣya |
| Tamil | tam | துனீசியா | Tunīciyā |
| Telugu | tel | ట్యునీషియా | Ṭyunīṣiyā |
| Chinese | zho | 突尼斯 | Tūnísī |
| Cantonese | yue | 突尼斯 | Dahtnàihsī |
| Japanese | jpn | チュニジア | Chunijia |
| Korean | kor | 튀니지 | Twiniji |
| Tibetan | bod | ཐུ་ཉི་སི་ཡ།, ཏུ་ནི་ཤི་ཡ། | Tʰu.ñi.si.ya, Tu.ni.ši.ya |
| Burmese | mya | တူနီးရှား | Tunìšà |
| Thai | tha | ตูนิเซีย | Tūnisiya |
| Lao | lao | ຕຸຍເນຊີ | Tuynēsī |
| Khmer | khm | ទុយណេស៊ី | Tuyṇesī |
Several Turkic languages, Bosnian and Croatian use one name, Tunis, for country and capital. Latin gives three forms, Tunisia, Tunesia and Tunetum.
Tūnis: one name for country and capital
In Arabic country and capital share one name, تونس, Tūnis; the state is الجمهورية التونسية, al-Ǧumhūrīyâẗu t-Tūnisīyâ, the Tunisian Republic, and the adjective التونسي, at-tūnisī. European languages distinguish the two by adding a country ending to the city name: Tunisia in English and Latin, Tunisie in French, Tunesien in German, Tunezja in Polish, Tunisko in Czech and Slovak.
Other languages keep the single name of the Arabic original. Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar and Gagauz say Tunis for the country, Croatian and Bosnian likewise, while Spanish and Asturian write Túnez for both. Irish adds its article, An Túinéis, and Manx says Yn Tooneesh.
Carthage, the Phoenician city whose ruins lie in the delegation of قرطاج inside Tunis governorate, keeps a Latin shape in most languages: Carthago, Karthago, Cartago, Kartago. Arabic says قرطاج, Qarṭāǧ, and Ancient Greek Καρχηδών, Karkʰēdṓn. Russian, Kazakh, Tatar and Uzbek write the name with f: Карфаген, Karfagen.
Tunis in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | eng / fra / deu / ltz / nds | Tunis | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Moldovan, Slovio, Turkmen | aze / mol / slo / tuk | Tunis / Тунис | Tunis |
| Asturian, Spanish | ast / spa | Túnez | same as written |
| Corsican, Italian | cos / ita | Tunisi | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Tunis / Тунис / تۆنٖىس | Tunis |
| Breton | bre | Tuniz | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Tunizo | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Túinis | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Toonis | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Tunisz | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Túnis | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Tûnis | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Tunes | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Tunisa | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Tunisas | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Tuneż | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Tunis / تونس | Tunis |
| Portuguese | por | Tunes, Tunis | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Tonėsos | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Tůńis | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Tunis / Тунис / تۇنىس | Tunis |
| Vietnamese | vie | Tuy-ni-sơ | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Tunıs | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian | bul / mon / rus | Тунис | Tunis |
| Bashkir, Serbian | bak / srp | Тунис / Tunis | Tunis |
| Belarusian | bel | Туніс / Tunis | Tunis |
| Kazakh | kaz | Тунис / تۋنيس / Twnïs | Twnïs |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Тунис / تۇنئس / Tunis | Tunis |
| Tatar | tat | Тунис / Tunis / تۇنىس | Tunis |
| Tajik | tgk | Тунис / تونس / Tunis | Tunis |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Туніс | Tunis |
| Arabic, Pashto | ara / pus | تونس | Tūnis |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | تونیس / Tunis | Tunis |
| Persian | fas | تونس / Tunes | Tunes |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | ٹیونس | Ṫiyūnis |
| Uyghur | uig | تۇنىس / Tunis / Тунис | Tunis |
| Urdu | urd | تیونس | Tiyūnis |
| Syriac | syr | ܬܘܢܣ | Tūnis |
| Hebrew | heb | תוניס, טוניס | Tūnīs, Ṭūnīs |
| Yiddish | yid | טוניס | Tunis |
| Berber | ber | ⵜⵓⵏⵙ / Tuns | Tuns |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵜⵓⵏⴻⵙ / Tunes | Tunes |
| Amharic | amh | ቱኒስ | Tunis |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Τύνιδα | Týnida |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Τύνις, Τύνης | Týnis, Týnīs |
| Armenian | hye | Թունիս | T̕ounis |
| Georgian | kat | ტუნისი | Tunisi |
| Hindi | hin | ट्युनिस, तुनिस, तूनिस | Ṭyunis, Tunis, Tūnis |
| Marathi | mar | ट्युनिस | Ṭyunis |
| Nepali | nep | ट्युनिस, टुनिस् | Ṭyunis, Ṭunis |
| Bengali | ben | টিউনিস, তুনিস | Ṭiunis, Tunis |
| Punjabi | pan | ਟੂਨਿਸ | Ṭūnis |
| Kannada | kan | ಟುನೀಸ್ | Ṭunīs |
| Malayalam | mal | ടുണിസ് | Ṭuṇis |
| Telugu | tel | టునిస్ | Ṭunis |
| Chinese | zho | 突尼斯 | Tūnísī |
| Japanese | jpn | チュニス | Chunisu |
| Korean | kor | 튀니스 | Twiniseu |
| Tibetan | bod | ཐུ་ཉི་སི། | Tʰu.ñi.si |
| Thai | tha | ตูนิส | Tūnit |
| Khmer | khm | ទុយនីស | Tuynīs |
Berber is given in Tifinagh with a Latin transcription, Tuns; Syriac writes the name as Tūnis.
Carthage in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French | eng / fra | Carthage | same as written |
| Breton, Esperanto, Basque, West Frisian, Indonesian | bre / epo / eus / fry / ind | Kartago | same as written |
| Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish | cat / glg / por / spa | Cartago | same as written |
| Danish, Finnish, Swahili, Swedish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | dan / fin / swa / swe / deu / ltz / nds | Karthago | same as written |
| Lithuanian, Polish, Slovenian | lit / pol / slv | Kartagina | same as written |
| Czech, Slovak | ces / slk | Kartágo | same as written |
| Welsh, Dutch | cym / nld | Carthago | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Karfagen / Карфаҝен | Karfagen |
| Bambara | bam | Kartaje | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Kartago / Картаго / قارتاغۉ | Kartago |
| Estonian | est | Kartaago | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Kartaga | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Karthágó | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Karþagó | same as written |
| Italian | ita | Cartagine | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish, Turkish | kur / tur | Kartaca | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Karthago, Carthago | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Kartāga | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Kartaġni | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Cartagina / Картаӂина | Cartagina |
| Norwegian | nor | Kartago, Karthago | same as written |
| Romanian | ron | Cartagina | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Cartàggini | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Karfagen / Карфаген / كەرفەگېن | Karfagen |
| Venetian | vec | Cartàxene | same as written |
| Bashkir | bak | Карфаген / Karfagen | Karfagen |
| Belarusian | bel | Карфаген / Karfahien | Karfahien |
| Bulgarian | bul | Картаген | Kartagen |
| Kazakh, Kyrgyz | kaz / kir | Карфаген / كارفاگەن / Karfagen | Karfagen |
| Russian | rus | Карфаген | Karfagen |
| Serbian | srp | Картагина / Kartagina | Kartagina |
| Tatar | tat | Карфаген / Karfagen / كارفاگېن | Karfagen |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Карфаґен | Karfagen |
| Arabic | ara | قرطاج | Qarṭāǧ |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | کارفاگئن / Karfagen | Karfagen |
| Persian | fas | کارتاژ / Kârtâž | Kârtâž |
| Uyghur | uig | كارفاگېن / Karfagén / Карфаген | Karfagén |
| Urdu | urd | قرطاج | Qarṭāj |
| Syriac | syr | ܩܪܬܐܓܘ, ܩܪܬ ܚܕܫܬ | Qartāgō, Qart ḥadašt |
| Hebrew | heb | קרתגו | Qartagō |
| Ladino | lad | קארטאגו / Kartago | Kartago |
| Ancient Greek | grc | Καρχηδών | Karkʰēdṓn |
| Greek | ell | Καρχηδόνα | Karȟīdóna |
| Armenian | hye | Կարթագեն | Kart̕agen |
| Georgian | kat | კართაგენი | Karṭageni |
| Chinese | zho | 迦太基 | Jiātàijī |
| Japanese | jpn | カルタゴ | Karutago |
| Korean | kor | 카르타고 | Kareutago |
| Thai | tha | คาร์เธจ | Kʰā[r]tʰēt |
Syriac gives the Phoenician name as well, Qart ḥadašt, the new town; Ancient Greek has Karkʰēdṓn.
The 24 governorates of Tunisia in Arabic
Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates (ولايات, wilāyāt), each named after its centre. ISO 3166-2:TN codes them with two digits, the first of which stands for the region: 1 for greater Tunis, 8 for the south-east.
| ISO 3166-2 | Arabic | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governorates ولايات wilāyāt24 | ||||
| TN-11 | ولاية تونسWilāyâẗu Tūnis | Tunis | تونسTūnis | |
| TN-12 | ولاية أريانةWilāyâẗu Ariyānâ | L'Ariana | أريانةAriyānâ | |
| TN-13 | ولاية بن عروسWilāyâẗu Bin ʿArūs | Ben Arous | بن عروسBin ʿArūs | |
| TN-14 | ولاية منوبةWilāyâẗu Manūbâ | La Manouba | منوبةManūbâ | |
| TN-21 | ولاية نابلWilāyâẗu Nābul | Nabeul | نابلNābul | |
| TN-22 | ولاية زغوانWilāyâẗu Zaġwān | Zaghouan | زغوانZaġwān | |
| TN-23 | ولاية بنزرتWilāyâẗu Binzart | Bizerte | بنزرتBinzart | |
| TN-31 | ولاية باجةWilāyâẗu Bāǧâ | Béja | باجةBāǧâ | |
| TN-32 | ولاية جندوبةWilāyâẗu Ǧundūbâ | Jendouba | جندوبةǦundūbâ | |
| TN-33 | ولاية الكافWilāyâẗu l-Kāf | Le Kef | الكافal-Kāf | |
| TN-34 | ولاية سليانةWilāyâẗu Siliyānâ | Siliana | سليانةSiliyānâ | |
| TN-41 | ولاية القيروانWilāyâẗu l-Qayrawān | Kairouan | القيروانal-Qayrawān | |
| TN-42 | ولاية القصرينWilāyâẗu l-Qaṣrayn | Kasserine | القصرينal-Qaṣrayn | |
| TN-43 | ولاية سيدي بوزيدWilāyâẗu Sayyidī Bū Zayd | Sidi Bouzid | سيدي بوزيدSayyidī Bū Zayd | |
| TN-51 | ولاية سوسةWilāyâẗu Sūsâ | Sousse | سوسةSūsâ | |
| TN-52 | ولاية المنستيرWilāyâẗu l-Munastīr | Monastir | المنستيرal-Munastīr | |
| TN-53 | ولاية المهديةWilāyâẗu l-Mahdīyâ | Mahdia | المهديةal-Mahdīyâ | |
| TN-61 | ولاية صفاقسWilāyâẗu Ṣafāqus | Sfax | صفاقسṢafāqus | |
| TN-71 | ولاية ڨفصةWilāyâẗu Gafṣâ | Gafsa | ڨفصةGafṣâ | |
| TN-72 | ولاية توزرWilāyâẗu Tawzar | Tozeur | توزرTawzar | |
| TN-73 | ولاية قبليWilāyâẗu Qibillī | Kébili | قبليQibillī | |
| TN-81 | ولاية ڨابسWilāyâẗu Gābis | Gabès | ڨابسGābis | |
| TN-82 | ولاية مدنينWilāyâẗu Madanīn | Médenine | مدنينMadanīn | |
| TN-83 | ولاية تطاوينWilāyâẗu Taṭāwīn | Tataouine | تطاوينTaṭāwīn | |
Codes and English names: ISO 3166-2:TN on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, change history as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:TN, checked 28 October 2026.
Governorates and delegations today
The 24 governorates and their codes are the same as in the list; ISO added La Manouba as TN-14 in 2003 and has listed 24 governorates ever since. Below them the number of delegations has grown from the 264 of the list to 272 at the census of 2024. The delegations are listed on the subdivisions page.
Ten large towns of Tunisia
Ten large towns in descending order of population, as ranked when the list was compiled, in Arabic with transliteration.
- تونس (Tūnis)
- صفاقس (Ṣafāqus)
- أريانة (Ariyānâ)
- سوسة (Sūsâ)
- التضامن (at-Taḍāman)
- القيروان (al-Qayrawān)
- ڨابس (Gābis)
- بنزرت (Binzart)
- حلق الوادي (Ḥalqu l-Wādī)
- ڨفصة (Gafṣâ)
National anthem: Ḥumāt al-Ḥimā
حماة الحمى, Ḥumāt al-Ḥimā, Defenders of the Homeland, has been the anthem since 1987. Its words come from a poem by Mustafa Sadiq al-Rafi'i (died 1937); the closing four lines are by Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi (died 1934). The refrain, the first four lines, is sung again after each part. The text in Arabic, each part with its transliteration:
- حماة الحمى يا حماة الحمى / هلموا هلموا لمجد الزمن / لقد صرخت في عروقنا الدماء / نموت نموت ويحيا الوطن (ḥumāta l-ḥimá yā ḥumāta l-ḥimá / halummū halummū li-maǧdi z-zaman / laqad ṣaraḫat fī ʿurūqinā d-dimāʾ / namūtu namūtu wa-yaḥyā l-waṭan)
- لتدوي السماوات برعدها / لترمي الصواعق نيرانها / إلى عز تونس إلى مجدها / رجال البلاد وشبانها / فلا عاش في تونس من خانها / ولا عاش من ليس من جندها / نموت ونحيا على عهدها / حياة الكرام وموت العظام (li-tadwi s-samāwātu bi-raʿdihā / li-tarmi ṣ-ṣawāʿiqu nīrānahā / ilá ʿizzi tūnisa ilá maǧdihā / riǧāla l-bilādi wa-šubbānahā / fa-lā ʿāša fī tūnisa man ḫānahā / wa-lā ʿāša man laysa min ǧundihā / namūtu wa-naḥyā ʿalá ʿahdihā / ḥayāta l-kirāmi wa-mawta l-ʿiẓām)
- إذا الشعب يوما أراد الحياة / فلا بد أن يستجيب القدر / ولا بد لليل أن ينجلي / ولا بد للقيد أن ينكسر (iḏā š-šaʿbu yawman arāda l-ḥayāh / fa-lā budda an yastaǧība l-qadar / wa-lā budda li-l-layli an yanǧalī / wa-lā budda li-l-qaydi an yankasir)
Questions about the name, governorates and anthem of Tunisia
How do you write Tunisia in Arabic?
تونس, Tūnis, the same word as for the capital. The official name is الجمهورية التونسية.
How many governorates does Tunisia have?
24, from TN-11 Tunis to TN-83 Tataouine in ISO 3166-2.
Where does the line فلا عاش في تونس من خانها come from?
From the national anthem حماة الحمى: let no one live in Tunisia who betrays her, and no one who is not among her soldiers.