Ghadamis

Ghadamis also known as Ghadames is an oasis town in . The old part of the town is inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List.
Photo: Teogomez, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 10,000 residents
  • Description: oasis
  • Also known as: “antiga cidade de Gadamés”, “Cydamus”, “Gademes”, “Ghadames”, “Ghdamès”, “Ghudamis”, “Ghudāmis”, “Pearl of the Desert”, “Rhadames”, “Sidamas”, “Гадамис”, “غدامس، لیبی”, “ⵖⴷⴰⵎⵙ”, “ⵖⴷⴰⵎⵙ غدامس Ghadames”, “ガダーミス”, “ガダーミスの旧市街”, “ガダメス”, and “盖达米斯”

Ghadamis

Latitude
30.1258° or 30° 7′ 33″ north
Longitude
9.4901° or 9° 29′ 24″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
339 metres (1,112 feet)
IATA airport code
LTD
UN/LOCODE
LY LTD
Open location code
8F2F4FGR+82
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Ghadamis” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ghadames”
  • Arabic: “غدامس”
  • Asturian: “Gadamés”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qədamis”
  • Bashkir: “Гадамес”
  • Basque: “Ghadames”
  • Belarusian: “Гадамес”
  • Bengali: “ঘাদামিস”
  • Bulgarian: “Гадамес”
  • Burmese: “ဂဒါးမစ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Gadames”
  • Catalan: “Ghadames”
  • Cebuano: “Ghadāmis”
  • Chinese: “古达米斯”
  • Chinese: “古達米斯”
  • Croatian: “Gadames”
  • Czech: “Ghadames”
  • Danish: “Ghadames”
  • Dutch: “Ghadames”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جدامس”
  • Esperanto: “Ghadames”
  • Finnish: “Ghadamés”
  • French: “Ghadamès”
  • Georgian: “ღადამესი”
  • German: “Ghadames”
  • Greek: “Γκανταμές”
  • Gujarati: “ઘેદામ્સ”
  • Hausa: “Ghadames”
  • Hebrew: “רדאמס”
  • Hindi: “ग़दामेस”
  • Hungarian: “Gadámesz”
  • Indonesian: “Ghadames”
  • Italian: “Gadames”
  • Italian: “Ghadames”
  • Japanese: “ガダミス”
  • Kannada: “ಘದೇಮ್ಸ್”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ghadames”
  • Korean: “가다메스”
  • Latin: “Cidamus”
  • Latvian: “Gadamesa”
  • Lithuanian: “Gadamesas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ghadames”
  • Macedonian: “Гадамес”
  • Maithili: “घदामेस”
  • Malay: “Ghadames”
  • Maltese: “Ghadamès”
  • Marathi: “घदमेस”
  • Nepali: “घदामेस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ghadames”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ghadamis”
  • Norwegian: “Ghadames”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gadames”
  • Persian: “غدامس”
  • Polish: “Ghadamis”
  • Portuguese: “Gadamés”
  • Romanian: “Ghadames”
  • Russian: “Гадамес”
  • Scots: “Ghadames”
  • Serbian: “Gadames”
  • Serbian: “Гадамес”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gadames”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ghadames”
  • Sinhala: “ගධමෙස්”
  • Slovenian: “Ghadames”
  • Somali: “Ghadames”
  • Spanish: “Gadamés”
  • Swahili: “Ghadamis”
  • Swedish: “Ghadames”
  • Tajik: “Ғадамес”
  • Tamil: “காடாமெஸ்”
  • Telugu: “ఘడామెస్”
  • Thai: “กูดามิส”
  • Thai: “เฆาะดามิส”
  • Turkish: “Gadames”
  • Ukrainian: “Гадамес”
  • Urdu: “غدامس”
  • Vietnamese: “Ghadames”
  • Volapük: “Gadamis”
  • Welsh: “Gadames”
  • Welsh: “Ghadames”
  • Western Armenian: “Ղատամիս”
  • Zulu: “Ghadames”

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