thumb|Multi-level ghorfas, as seen at Ksar Ouled Soltane in southern Tunisia A ghorfa () is a type of communal granary found mainly in southern Tunisia. Similar structures are also found in northeastern Libya. They are associated in particular with Berber settlements in these regions. They consist of a collection of vaulted rooms built in rows and stacked in multiple stories organized around an internal courtyard.
thumb|Multi-level ghorfas, as seen at Ksar Ouled Soltane in southern Tunisia A ghorfa () is a type of communal granary found mainly in southern Tunisia. Similar structures are also found in northeastern Libya. They are associated in particular with Berber settlements in these regions. They consist of a collection of vaulted rooms built in rows and stacked in multiple stories organized around an internal courtyard.
== Terminology == The Arabic word () refers in a more narrow sense to the individual rooms of the granary. The granary as a whole can also be known as a (), the term used for fortified villages in the region. Some similar fortified granaries in Tunisia are referred to by the term .
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