Tamerza
Tamerza is the largest mountain oasis in Tunisia, known as Ad Turres by the Romans. It has a canyon and an abandoned old town. The town was abandoned after the river flooded for 22 days in 1969.
- Type: Village with 2,330 residents
- Description: Tunisian town
- Also known as: “Tamarza”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Midès and Chebika.
Midès
Village
Chebika
Village
Chebika is a mountain oasis and associated village in western Tunisia, in Tozeur Governorate. Chebika is situated 8 km south of Tamerza.
Tamerza
- Categories: municipality of Tunisia, imada, and locality
- Location: Tameghza, Tozeur Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
34.38639° or 34° 23′ 11″ north
Longitude
7.9335° or 7° 56′ 1″ east
Population
2,330
Elevation
304 metres (997 feet)
Open location code
8F699WPM+H9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Tamerza” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تمغزة”
- Bulgarian: “Тамагхзах”
- Catalan: “Tamaghza”
- Cebuano: “Tamaghzah”
- Dutch: “Tamerza”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تمغزه”
- French: “Tameghza”
- French: “Tamerza”
- German: “Tamerza”
- Kabyle: “Tameɣza”
- Polish: “Tamaghza”
- Portuguese: “Tamerza”
- Russian: “Тамегза”
- Russian: “Тамерза”
- Scots: “Tamerza”
- Swahili: “Tamerza”
- Turkish: “Tamağza”
- Ukrainian: “Тамеґза”
- Zulu: “Tamerza”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mides and Aïn El Kerma.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Temaza and مكتب بريد تمغزة (2212).
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