Tunisia

 Total population: 10,432,500

% of population living in poverty: 22%

GDP: $100.3 billion

Capital: Tunis

Largest city: Tunis

Coasts: 1148 km

Major bodies of water: Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea 

Major rivers: Medjerda River

Bordering countries: Algeria, and Libya

Largest religion: Islam

Climate: temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south

Geographical features: mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara some mountains in south

Two U.S. Air Force cargo planes flew blankets, water and other relief supplies to Tunisia on Friday as part of an international effort to help refugees who fled from the fighting in Libya. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that in addition to the C-130 cargo planes headed to Djerba, Tunisia, the U.S. Agency for International Development chartered two civilian aircraft to help repatriate foreign workers who have fled Libya amid an armed insurrection against the government of Moammar Gadhafi. "We know that there is a lot of confusion on the ground that is often difficult for us to sort through to get to what the actual facts are," Clinton said. "But the United States remains deeply concerned about the welfare of the Libyan people.