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.
Key facts
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- Tunisia 10-12 - 064 - Douz and the Festival of the Sahara (6609290791).jpg
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Italiano
Douz è una città della Tunisia conosciuta come "la porta del Sahara" ospitata da quella che anticamente era l'oasi più importante della zona. In essa vive un numeroso gruppo di appartenenti alla etnia M'razig.Fino ad epoche recenti è stata un'importante sosta per le carovane negli spostamenti tra il Sahara e la Tunisia settentrionale.Ospita uno dei mercati più caratteristici del paese dove quotidianamente si vendono spezie, prodotti artigianali, fino ad arrivare ad asini e dromedari.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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