Editing Tunis (section)

===Capital===
[[File:Kasbah-Kassus.jpg|right|thumb|Kasbah Square comprising the finance ministry and the prime ministry of Tunisia]]

Tunis has been the capital of Tunisia since 1159. Under Articles 43 and 24 of the [[Constitution of Tunisia|Constitution of 1959]],<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.jurisitetunisie.com/tunisie/codes/constitution/menup.html Constitution de la République tunisienne (Jurisite Tunisie)]</ref> Tunis and its suburbs host the national institutions: the Presidential Palace, which is known as [[Carthage Palace]], residence of the [[President of Tunisia]], the [[Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia|Chamber of Deputies]] and the [[Chamber of Advisors]] and parliament, the Constitutional Council and the main judicial institutions and public bodies. The revised [[Tunisian Constitution of 2014]] similarly provides that the National Assembly is to sit in Tunis (article 51) and that the Presidency is based there (article 73).<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.legislation.tn/sites/default/files/news/constitution-b-a-t.pdf| title= Constitution de la Republique Tunisienne| trans-title= Constitution of the Republic Tunisia| language= fr| website= legislation.tn| publisher= | date= | access-date= October 6, 2017| archive-date= July 12, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170712202219/http://www.legislation.tn/sites/default/files/news/constitution-b-a-t.pdf}}</ref>