Tataouine
Sign in to saveTataouine (; ) is a city in southern Tunisia. It is the capital of the Tataouine Governorate. The below-ground "cave dwellings" of the native Berber population, designed for coolness and protection, render the city and the area around it as a tourist and film makers' attraction. Nearby fortified settlements (ksars), manifestations of Berber architecture, such as Ksar Ouled Soltane, Chenini, Douiret, and Ksar Hadada, are popular tourist sites.
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- Tataouine
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- Tataouine by night
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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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- Tataouine Governorate
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- Delegation(s)
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- Tataouine North, Tataouine South
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- Mayor
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- Boubaker Souid (Ennahda)
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- Imperial
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- 2022
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- 70224
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Climate
- Culture
- Tataouine in scientific names
- Meteorite (Tatahouine)
- Bacteria (''Ramlibacter tataouinensis'')
- Dinosaur (''Tataouinea hannibalis'')
- Popular culture
- Image gallery
- References
- Notes
- External links
Tataouine (; ) is a city in southern Tunisia. It is the capital of the Tataouine Governorate. The below-ground "cave dwellings" of the native Berber population, designed for coolness and protection, render the city and the area around it as a tourist and film makers' attraction. Nearby fortified settlements (ksars), manifestations of Berber architecture, such as Ksar Ouled Soltane, Chenini, Douiret, and Ksar Hadada, are popular tourist sites.
==Etymology== The name means 'water springs' in the Berber language. It is sometimes transliterated in European languages as Tatahouine, Tatahouïne, Tatawin or Tatooine. The names "Tataouine", "Tatahouine" and "Foum Tatahouine" all appeared in the postcards portraying the city in the 1920s.