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French protectorate of Tunisia

1881-1956 monarchy in Northern Africa

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Also known as Protectorat français de Tunisie · Tunis · Tunisia · Regency of Tunis · French Tunisia

Country: France
Population: 2,600,000(1939)
Area: 155,000 km²
Founded: May 12, 1881

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The French protectorate of Tunisia, officially the Regency of Tunis and commonly referred to as simply French Tunisia, was the period of French colonial rule in Tunisia that lasted from 1881 until Tunisian independence in 1956.

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