List of national parks of Tunisia

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Ichkeul National Park

There are 17 national parks in Tunisia. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Habib Essid, head of government and ministry of environment (January 2013). Tunisia (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. UNEP-WCMC (2020). Protected Area Profile for Tunisia from the World Database of Protected Areas, August 2020. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net