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The Algeria–Tunisia border is 1,034 km (642 mi) in length and runs from the
Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...
in the north to the tripoint with
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
in the south.


Description

The border starts in the north at the Mediterranean coast, proceeding overland in a broadly southwards directions via a series of overland lines. In the southern sections of the border straight lines predominate, which eventually veer to the south-east down to the tripoint with Libya.


History

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
occupied much of the northern coastal areas of Algeria in the period 1830-47 and Tunisia in 1881, both of which had hitherto been subject to the nominal control of the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
.M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, ''A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire'' (Princeton University Press, 2008), 9–10 and 69. France gradually pushed inland, annexing the Saharan areas of Algeria in 1902. The border from the coast south to Bir Ramane was established by various French decrees, notably those of 1888-89 and 1901–01. The sections south of this down to the Libyan tripoint was somewhat vaguer, and appear to have been delimited during the period 1911–23. Tunisia gained independence from France in 1956, followed by Algeria (following a bloody
war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
) in 1962. The two states then confirmed the existing boundary between them by an agreement of 6 January 1960, with relations generally being positive.Entelis, John P. with Lisa Arone. "The Maghrib"
''Algeria: a country study''
.
Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is ...
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(December 1993)


Settlements near the border


Algeria

* Lacroix * Roum el Souk * Oued Mougras * Sidi Fhrerib * Mechtat Ahmed * Ouenza * Aïn Zerga * Ain Kouif *
Tébessa Tébessa or Tebessa ( ar, تبسة ''Tibissa'', ''Tbessa'' or ''Tibesti''), the classical Theveste, is the capital city of Tébessa Province region of northeastern Algeria. It hosts several historical landmarks, the most important one being the w ...
* Oum Ali


Tunisia

*
Tabarka Tabarka ( ar, طبرقة ') is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, close to the border with Algeria. Tabarka's history is a mosaic of Berber, Punic, Hellenistic, Roman, Arabic, Genoese and Turkish culture. The town is dominated b ...
* Ain Draham *
Ghardimaou Ghardimaou ( aeb, غار الدماء) is a town in the north-west of Tunisia about 192 km from Tunis. It belongs to the Jendouba Governorate. The town has about 19,574 inhabitants (64,170 in 2014). The rail line from Tunis passing along the ...
* Hennchir Abid *
Sakiet Sidi Youssef Sakiet Sidi Youssef ( aeb, ساقية سيدي يوسف) is a town and commune in the Kef Governorate, Tunisia, near the border with Algeria. As of 2014, it had a population of 6,335. History In Roman times, the town was known as Naraggara. Roma ...
* Charpin Ville *
Haïdra Haïdra ( ar, حيدرة) is a municipality in western Tunisia, containing the ruins of Ammaedara, one of the oldest Roman cities in Africa. It was a diocese and is now a Roman Catholic titular see. History Ammaedara was on the border between t ...
* Ain Amara * Dernaia * Moularès *
Tamerza Tamerza (or Tameghza, تمغزة) is th largest mountain oasis in Tunisia, known as '' Ad Turres'' by the Romans. It has a canyon and an abandoned old town. The town was abandoned after the river flooded for 22 days in 1969. It is located north ...


See also

* Algeria–Tunisia relations


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Algeria-Tunisia border Borders of Algeria Borders of Tunisia International borders