Djerba

Djerba is an island and a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in south with beautiful sandy beaches and beautiful, peaceful and silent countryside.
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  • Type: Locality with 176,000 residents
  • Description: island in Tunisia
  • Also known as: Djerba‎ Island” and “Jarbah

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mosque and Djerba Traditional Heritage Museum.

Mosque
The of the Turks, also known as Jemaa ettrouk, is a historical located in the center of in the island of Djerba.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houmt El Souk.

Town
Houmt Souk, meaning literally: "The Market neighbourhood", is a commune and the main town of the island of Djerba, . A popular tourist destination, it is best known for its traditional souk and the Aghlabid fortress.

Djerba

Latitude
33.8761° or 33° 52′ 34″ north
Longitude
10.8518° or 10° 51′ 6″ east
Population
176,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8F5GVVG2+CP
Geo­Names ID
7911272
Wiki­data ID
Q188938
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Djerba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: Djerba
  • Arabic: الجربي
  • Arabic: الجربية
  • Arabic: جربة
  • Arabic: جربي
  • Arabic: جربية
  • Arabic: جزيرة الأحلام
  • Arabic: جزيرة جربة
  • Aragonese: Cherba
  • Armenian: Ջերբա (կղզի)
  • Armenian: Ջերբա
  • Azerbaijani: Cerba
  • Bashkir: Джерба (утрау)
  • Bashkir: Джерба
  • Basque: Jerba
  • Belarusian: Востраў Джэрба
  • Belarusian: Джэрба
  • Bulgarian: Джерба
  • Catalan: Djerba
  • Catalan: Gerba
  • Catalan: Girba
  • Catalan: Illa de Gerba
  • Catalan: Illa de Jerba
  • Catalan: Jerba
  • Catalan: Meninx
  • Cebuano: Île de Jerba
  • Chinese: 傑爾巴島
  • Chinese: 杰尔巴岛
  • Corsican: Djerba
  • Corsican: Gerba
  • Corsican: Ghjerba
  • Corsican: Jerba
  • Croatian: Djerba
  • Czech: Djerba
  • Czech: Džerba
  • Czech: Ostrov Djerba
  • Danish: Djerba
  • Dutch: Djerba
  • Dutch: Jarbah
  • Dutch: Jerba
  • Egyptian Arabic: جربه
  • Esperanto: Djerba
  • Esperanto: Ĝerbao
  • Estonian: Djerba
  • Estonian: Jarbah‘ saar
  • Estonian: Jarbah
  • Finnish: Djerba
  • Finnish: Ile de Jerba
  • Finnish: Jarbah
  • Finnish: Jerba
  • French: Djerba
  • French: Jerba
  • Galician: Djerba
  • Galician: Xerba
  • German: Djerba
  • German: Dschirba
  • German: Jerba
  • Greek: Τζέρμπα
  • Hebrew: ג’רבא
  • Hebrew: ג’רבה
  • Hebrew: דג’רבה
  • Hebrew: ז’רבה
  • Hungarian: Dzserba
  • Indonesian: Djerba
  • Italian: Djerba
  • Italian: Gerba
  • Italian: Girba
  • Italian: Jerba
  • Japanese: ジェルバ島
  • Kabyle: Ǧerba
  • Korean: 제르바섬
  • Ladino: Djerba
  • Limburgan: Djerba
  • Lithuanian: Džerba
  • Luxembourgish: Djerba
  • Luxembourgish: Jerba
  • Macedonian: Џерба
  • Malay: Djerba
  • Maltese: Djerba
  • Maltese: Jarbah
  • Maltese: Jerba
  • Marathi: जेर्बा
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Djerba
  • Norwegian: Djerba
  • Occitan (post 1500): Gerba
  • Occitan (post 1500): Gèrba
  • Occitan (post 1500): illa de Gèrba
  • Persian: جربه
  • Polish: Djerba
  • Polish: Dżarba
  • Polish: Dżerba
  • Polish: Jerba
  • Portuguese: Djerba
  • Portuguese: Jerba
  • Romanian: Djerba
  • Russian: Джерба
  • Sardinian: Gerba
  • Scots: Djerba
  • Serbo-Croatian: Djerba
  • Sicilian: Gerbi
  • Sicilian: Ggherbi
  • Sinhala: ඩ්‘ජබා දූපත, ටියුනීසියාව
  • Sinhala: ඩ්’ජබා දූපත, ටියුනීසියාව
  • Slovak: Djerba
  • Slovak: Džerba
  • Slovak: Girba
  • Slovak: Jerba
  • Slovenian: Djerba
  • Slovenian: Džerba
  • Spanish: Djerba
  • Spanish: Gelves
  • Spanish: Gerba
  • Spanish: Isla de Gerba
  • Spanish: Isla de los Gelves
  • Spanish: Isla de yerba
  • Spanish: Jerba
  • Spanish: Los Gelves
  • Spanish: Yerba
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵊⵔⴱⴰ
  • Swedish: Djerba
  • Swedish: Jarba
  • Swedish: Jarbah
  • Swedish: Jerba
  • Thai: เกาะเจอร์บา
  • Thai: เกาะแจร์บา
  • Thai: เกาะญิรบะฮ์
  • Turkish: Cerba
  • Turkish: Cerbe adası
  • Turkish: Cerbe
  • Turkish: Djerba
  • Ukrainian: Джерба
  • Urdu: جربہ
  • Welsh: Djerba
  • Welsh: Meninx
  • Yiddish: דזשערבא

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Djerba”. Photo: Henning Leweke, CC BY-SA 2.0.