Tataouine Governorate
Tataouine Sud
Nouvelle Chnini

Chenini

Chenini is a ruined Berber village in the district in southern . Located on a hilltop near a modern village of the same name, Chenini was a fortified granary, or ksar.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Tunisia
  • Also known as: “Shanīnī”
  • Address: Chenini

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ksar Chenini and Mosque of the Seven Sleepers.

Ruins
Photo: Stegop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ksar located in Chenini in the governorate of , .

Mosque
Photo: Nassima Chahboun, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Douiret.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a ruined Berber village in the district in southern . Located on a hilltop near a modern village of the same name, was a fortified granary, or ksar Like other ksour created by North African Berber communities, was built on a hilltop to help protect it from raiding parties. is situated 6 km southeast of Chenini.

Chenini

Latitude
32.9107° or 32° 54′ 39″ north
Longitude
10.26155° or 10° 15′ 42″ east
Elevation
464 metres (1,522 feet)
Open location code
8F4GW766+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297760994
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2467041
Wiki­data ID
Q2317502
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Chenini” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شنني”
  • Bulgarian: “Шенини”
  • Catalan: “Chenini”
  • Dutch: “Chenini”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شننى”
  • French: “Chenini”
  • German: “Chenini”
  • Italian: “Chenini”
  • Persian: “شننی (تطاوین)”
  • Persian: “شننی”
  • Portuguese: “Chenini”
  • Russian: “Шенини”
  • Spanish: “Chenini”
  • Turkish: “Şenini”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chenini”. Photo: Elcèd77, CC BY-SA 3.0.