Douz
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Douz ( '''') is a town in the Kebili Governorate in the south of Tunisia, known as the "gateway to the Sahara." By road it is located southwest of Blidet, southeast of Tozeur, and south of the Tunisian capital of Tunis.
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- Douz during the Festival of the Sahara, 2010
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- Tunisia
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- bottom
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- Location in Tunisia
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- Country
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- 25px Tunisia
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- Governorate
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- Kebili Governorate
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- 2022
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- 34221
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- CET
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- 1
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- Douz
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- Commune and town
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Saharan Tunisia
- Country
- Tunisia
- Located in
- Kebili Governorate
- Population
- 47182
- Time zone
- UTC−01:00
- Capital of
- delegation of Douz Sud
- Official website
- www.commune-douz.gov.tn
- Image
- Douz-souk.jpg
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- postal code
- 4260
- Commons category
- Douz
- twinned administrative body
- Isernia
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Douz ( '''') is a town in the Kebili Governorate in the south of Tunisia, known as the "gateway to the Sahara." By road it is located southwest of Blidet, southeast of Tozeur, and south of the Tunisian capital of Tunis.
==History== It has been called the "ultimate palm oasis", because it has over 500,000 palm trees in the area, and it is a major producer of "diglat noor" dates. In previous times it was an important stop on the trans-Saharan caravan routes. Today, it is a destination for tourists who are interested in seeing the desert, and a starting point for desert treks by camel, motorcycle, or four-wheel-drive vehicle. thumb|left|250px|A donkey and its cart at the desert oasis of Douz, 2006
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Douz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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