Libya–Tunisia border

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international border land border

The Libya–Tunisia border is an international boundary in North Africa separating Libya and Tunisia, running from the Mediterranean coast through desert regions near oases such as Ghadames.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Libyan-Tunisian borderlands	1
Libya–Tunisia border region	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border ⓘ land border ⓘ
adjacentTo	Tripolitania region NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisian governorate of Medenine NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisian governorate of Tataouine NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderCharacter	largely desert and sparsely populated ⓘ
borderRegime	controlled crossing points ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryOnSide1	Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOnSide2	Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ
delimitedByTreaty	Franco-Italian agreements on North African boundaries NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedBy	France NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedDuring	colonial period ⓘ
hasApproximateLength	about 286 miles ⓘ about 461 km ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing	Dhiba–Wazin border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Ras Ajdir border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCheckpointControl	Libyan authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisian authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConflictImpact	affected by Libyan Civil War ⓘ
hasEconomicRole	gateway for Tunisian trade with Libya ⓘ important for fuel and goods smuggling ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext	Ottoman-era provincial boundaries in North Africa ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	coastal highway crossing at Ras Ajdir NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement	Ben Gardane NERFINISHED ⓘ Nalut NERFINISHED ⓘ Zuwara NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNorthernTerminusNear	Ben Gardane NERFINISHED ⓘ Ras Ajdir NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOasisNearby	Ghadames oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRefugeeFlows	Libyan refugees into Tunisia ⓘ
hasSectionType	land boundary ⓘ maritime approach on Mediterranean coast ⓘ
hasSecurityIssues	armed conflict spillover ⓘ irregular migration ⓘ smuggling ⓘ
hasTerminusOn	Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Libya–Tunisia relations NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesNear	Ghadames NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Sahara Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ desert region ⓘ
recognizedBy	United Nations member states NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates	Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	migration ⓘ road transport ⓘ trade ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nalut District → locatedIn → Libya–Tunisia border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Libya–Tunisia border region

Ghadames Oasis → locatedNear → Libya–Tunisia border ⓘ

Nalut → nearGeographicFeature → Libya–Tunisia border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Libyan-Tunisian borderlands