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The ___MASK99___ of Tunis is a large Mediterranean ___MASK11___ in north - eastern Tunisia , extending for from Cap Farina in the west to Cap Bon in the east . Tunis , the capital city of Tunisia , lies at the south - western edge of the ___MASK99___ , as have a series of settled places over the last three millennia . Djebel Ressas rises to around south of the southern edge of the ___MASK99___ . Tunis ("") is both the ___MASK42___ and the largest ___MASK80___ of Tunisia . The greater metropolitan area of Tunis , often referred to as " Grand Tunis ", has some 2 , 700 , 000 inhabitants . Tunisia ('; ), officially the ___MASK53___ of Tunisia (') is the northernmost country in Africa , covering . Its northernmost point , Cape Angela , is the northernmost point on the African ___MASK36___ . It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest , Libya to the southeast , and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east . Tunisia ' s population was estimated to be just under 11 million in 2014 . Tunisia ' s name is derived from its capital city , Tunis , which is located on Tunisia ' s northeast coast . The Mediterranean ___MASK75___ ( pronounced ) is a ___MASK75___ connected to the Atlantic Ocean , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The ___MASK75___ is sometimes considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . Kelibia ( Kélibia ) ('), often referred to as Calibia by European writers , is a coastal ___MASK62___ on the Cap Bon peninsula , Nabeul Governorate in the far north - eastern part of Tunisia . Its sand beaches are considered some of the finest of the Mediterranean ___MASK75___ . Kerkouane or Kerkuane (" Karkwn ") is a Punic ___MASK80___ in north - eastern Tunisia , near Cape Bon . This Phoenician ___MASK80___ was probably abandoned during the First Punic War ( BC ) and , as a result , was not rebuilt by the Romans . It had existed for almost 400 years . ___MASK99___ of Hammamet ( Tunisian Arabic :    ) is a large ___MASK99___ in northeastern Tunisia . It is located at around 36 ° 5  N 10 ° 45  E , south of the Cap Bon ___MASK67___ . To the other side of the ___MASK56___ Bon Peninsula is the ___MASK99___ of Tunis . Hammamet , popular vacation resort ___MASK80___ lies at the northwestern edge of the ___MASK99___ . Libya ("") is a ___MASK23___ in the Maghreb region of North Africa , bordered by the Mediterranean ___MASK75___ to the north , Egypt to the east , Sudan to the southeast , Chad and Niger to the south , and Algeria and Tunisia to the west . The three traditional parts of the ___MASK23___ are Tripolitania , Fezzan and Cyrenaica . With an area of almost , Libya is the fourth largest ___MASK23___ in Africa , and is the 16th largest ___MASK23___ in the world . Libya has the 10th - largest proven oil reserves of any ___MASK23___ in the world . Cap Bon , also Watan el - kibli , is a ___MASK67___ in far northeastern Tunisia . It is located at around . It is surrounded by the Gulf of Tunis in the north . Towns located on the ___MASK67___ include Nabeul , Kelibia and Menzel Temime . The ___MASK35___ of the Punic ___MASK62___ Kerkouane are located here . Menzel Temime is a ___MASK62___ in northeast Tunisia southeast of the peninsula of Cap Bon . Algeria (' " Dzayer "), officially the ___MASK44___ ' s Democratic ___MASK53___ of Algeria , is a ___MASK19___ in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast . Its capital and most populous ___MASK80___ is Algiers , located in the country ' s far north . With an area of , Algeria is the tenth - largest country in the world , and the largest in Africa . Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia , to the east by Libya , to the west by Morocco , to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory , Mauritania , and Mali , to the southeast by Niger , and to the north by the Mediterranean ___MASK75___ . The country is a semi - presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1 , 541 communes ( counties ). Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been President since 1999 . Nabeul ("" ) is a coastal ___MASK62___ in north - eastern Tunisia , on the south coast near to the Cap Bon peninsula . It is located at around and is the ___MASK42___ of the Nabeul Governorate . The ___MASK80___ has a population of 73 , 128 ( 2014 census ).