Djerid
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Djerid الجريد |
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Palms in Tozeur
Palms in Tozeur
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Map of the Chott el Djerid area Map of the Chott el Djerid area |
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Country | Algeria, Libya and Tunisia |
el-Djerid, al-Jarīd (Arabic: الجريد; "Palm Leaf", Darija l-Jrīd) is a semidesert natural region comprising southern Tunisia and adjacent parts of Algeria and Libya.
Geography
The region is characterised by bare pink hills with oases and several chotts (salt pans) such as Chott el Djerid in Tunisia.[1] Economically the area is important for phosphate mining. Major towns include Gafsa and Tozeur.
It remains the principal center of Ibāḍism in North Africa, with remaining Ibāḍī communities on Djerba in Tunisia, in the M'zab in Algeria, and in Jabal Nafusa in Libya. In medieval times, it often formed a politically separate entity under the control of Ibāḍī imams.
See also
References
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External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Chott el Djerid at Lexicorient
- Tozeur - Lexicon of the Orient article
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