Guermassa - Tatouine, Tunisia
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N 32° 59.241 E 010° 15.148
32S E 617021 N 3650581
Guermassa is one of three ghost towns in Tatouine area, although there is a new Guermassa, nearby, which is a "normal" small town.
Waymark Code: WM163YP
Location: Tunisia
Date Posted: 04/29/2022
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Guermassa was founded in the 12th century, then fortified to prevent Arab incursions. Like the other Berber villages located in the region, it was provided with fortified granaries laid out above a troglodyte settlement.
Upon Tunisia's independence, President Bourguiba , in his plan to modernize the country, visited the region and persuaded the inhabitants to leave the troglodyte settlements and to come and settle in the newly created towns. Thus, in the 70s, the Berbers gradually abandoned their secular dwellings and moved the new town of Guermassa and Tataouine.
Nowadays it's an atmospheric place, easy to reach by car and ready to be explored.
Reason for Abandonment: Economic
Date Abandoned: 01/01/1960
Related Web Page: Not listed
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