LocationNorthern Tunisia.
Dialling code216.
Population728,500.
Time zoneGMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October).
Electricity220/240V, 50Hz, continental two-pin plugs are standard.
Average January temperatures16ºC (61ºF).
Average July temperatures30ºC (86ºF).
Annual rainfall1,000mm (40 inches).
Cost of Living:1 Tunisia Dinar = £0.49; US$0.75; C$0.90; A$1.06; €0.55
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rates as of January 2009Special Events:Carthage International Festival, Jul-Aug, the country's largest cultural festival with music, dance, theater and art in the Roman amphitheater of Carthage (website:
www.festival-carthage.com.tn)
Kharja Festival, Sidi Bou Said, Jul-Aug, Sufi brotherhoods gather for a procession up to the shrine of the local Muslim saint after whom the village is named
Festival d'Epervier (Falconry Festival), Jul, four days of falconry demonstrations, live music and a big market. Sparrow hawks are captured during their spring migration, trained and released again after the festival. El-Haouaria, Cap Bon (two hours by bus from Tunis)
Hammamet International Festival, Jul-Aug, a wide variety of international performances of music and theater, Hammamet (one hour by train from Tunis)
Tabarka has several excellent music festivals during the summer:
Jazz Festival (second week of Jul; website:
www.tabarkajazz.com);
World Music Festival (mid-Aug);
Latino Festival (third week of Aug) and the superb
Rai Festival (end of Aug).
(three hours by bus from Tunis)
Tunis Medina Festival, Oct-Nov, great concerts during Ramadan evenings
Carthage International Film Festival, Oct, every other year (held even-numbered years in Carthage, and other years in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), a prestigious film festival that attracts a few Hollywood names, but the focus is on African and Arab films
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