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International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

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   Note: This section last updated 14th March 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   ۱٫۲۳۴٬۴۵

(where ٬ indicates the decimal separator and ٫ the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 20th June 2021

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The official language is Standard Arabic . Most of the population speak Tunisian Spoken Arabic . There are also 500 speakers of Judeo-Tunisian Arabic ; 3 650 of Duwinna (in Chenini town, Douirat Town and Tunis); 11 000 French -speakers; 10 000 speakers of Jerba and 3 000 Tamezret speakers in Tamezret village.

This may be transliterated to Ila inayet.

The forms of address used in Tunisia are:

   Sayed      Mr
   Sayeda     Mrs
   Anisa      Miss

Tunisian names use ben meaning “son of” rather than bin.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Tunisian company types include:

   SA – Société Anonyme
   Sarl - Société à responsabilité limitée (private company)
   SAS - Société par actions simplifiée

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Addresses written in Latin script are usually written in French and are similar in format to French addresses. Their format is:

   First Name[ ]LAST NAME
   number[ ]thoroughfare type[ ]Thoroughfare name
   postal code[ ]SETTLEMENT

For example:

or

For the postal regions of Ariana & Ben Arous, Bizerte, Gabès, Sfax, Sousse and Tunis, the post office name is written after the city name. In the above example, SOUSSE is the city name and CORNICHE the post office name.

Thoroughfare types are written starting with a lower-case letter. For lists of thoroughfare types and other address component information, please refer to the chapter on France.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

When written in Latin script, this is written as Boîte Postale, abbreviated to BP.

Postal codes (Code Postal) consists of a block of 4 digits. The first two digits indicate the governorate, the final two the delivery office. Codes cannot commence with 0.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Tunisia - Postal code format graphic

Tunisia - Postal code format

Tunisia - Postal code specifics

Tunisia - Postal code regular expression

Tunisia - Postal code level of coverage

Tunisia - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 7th August 2017

Refer to Exonyms in Tunisia for full lists of place names in Tunisia in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Tunisia has 24 governorates. These, with their postal code areas, are:

Governorate	Postal code area
Al Kaf / Kef	71
Al Mahdiyah / Mahdia	51
Al Munastir / Monastir	50
Al Qasrayn / Kasserine	12
Al Qayrawan / Kairouan	31
Aryanah / Ariana	2020; 2022; 2032; 2035-2037; 2041; 2056-2058; 2061; 2073; 2080-2081; 2083; 2088; 2091; 2094-2095
Bajah / Beja	90
Banzart / Bizerte	70
Bin ’Arus / Ben Arous	1125; 1135; 1145; 1164; 2013-2014; 2018; 2024; 2033-2034; 2040; 2043-2044; 2050; 2054-2055; 2059; 2063-2065; 2074; 2082; 2084; 2090; 2093; 2096-2099
Jundubah / Jendouba	81
Madanin / Medenine	41
Manouba / Mannouba	1110; 1113-1114; 1116; 1124; 1130; 1133-1134; 1142-1144; 1153; 2010-2012; 2021; 2028; 2031; 2071; 2075; 2086
Nabul / Nabeul	80
Qabis / Gabes	60
Qafsah / Gafsa	21
Qibili / Kebili	42
Safaqis / Sfax	30
Sidi Bu Zayd / Sidi Bouzid	91
Silyanah / Siliana	1140 (shared with Zaghwan); 61
Susah / Sousse	40
Tatawin / Tataouine	32
Tawzar / Tozeur	22
Tunis	10; 2000-2009; 2015-2017; 2023; 2025-2026; 2042; 2045-2046; 2051-2053; 2060; 2062; 2066; 2072; 2076; 2078-2079; 2085; 2087; 2089; 2092
Zaghwan / Zaghouan	1100; 1111-1112; 1115; 1121-1123; 1131-1132; 1140 (shared with Silyanah); 1141; 1146; 1152; 1154-1158; 1160; 1162-1163; 1194

   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file 

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   Note: This section last updated 19th December 2015

Tunisian telephone numbers have 8 digits, and no area codes. Mobile numbers commence with 2, 40-46, 5, 80-82, 88 or 9.