Tataouine

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.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Tataouine
Settlement.image_skyline: Tataouine by night.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Tataouine by night
Settlement.pushpin_map: Tunisia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Tunisia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Tunisia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tataouine Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Delegation(s)
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tataouine North, Tataouine South
Settlement.leader_title1: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name1: Boubaker Souid (Ennahda)
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 70224
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities

via Wikipedia infobox

~5 min read

Encyclopedic overview

13 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Climate
Culture
Tataouine in scientific names
Meteorite (Tatahouine)
Bacteria (''Ramlibacter tataouinensis'')
Dinosaur (''Tataouinea hannibalis'')
Popular culture
Image gallery
References
Notes
External links

==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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tataouine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.