Ghadamis

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World Heritage Site human settlement oasis town

Ghadamis is an ancient oasis town in western Libya, renowned for its well-preserved traditional mud-brick architecture and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ghadames	2
Ghadamis canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site ⓘ human settlement ⓘ oasis town ⓘ
climate	hot desert climate ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Libya ⓘ
culturalRegion	Maghreb NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	State of Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	covered alleyways ⓘ multi-storey courtyard houses ⓘ oasis ⓘ palm groves ⓘ traditional mud-brick architecture ⓘ whitewashed walls ⓘ
hasHeritageType	cultural heritage ⓘ
hasSeason	mild winters ⓘ very hot summers ⓘ
hasSubdivision	modern town of Ghadamis ⓘ old town of Ghadamis NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalRole	caravan trading center ⓘ
knownFor	historic trans-Saharan caravan trade ⓘ traditional urban planning adapted to desert climate ⓘ well-preserved old town ⓘ
locatedIn	Ghadames District NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahara Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripolitania NERFINISHED ⓘ western Libya ⓘ
nearBorderWith	Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
partOf	trans-Saharan trade routes NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	predominantly Amazigh (Berber) origin ⓘ
recognizedBy	UNESCO ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
roofUse	social interaction in summer evenings ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+2 ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Ghadamès Berber NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID	362 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Arab States NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1986 ⓘ
urbanLayoutAdaptation	protection from extreme heat ⓘ
usesBuildingMaterial	lime plaster ⓘ mud brick ⓘ palm wood ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ghadames Oasis → hasAlternativeName → Ghadamis ⓘ

Ghadamès Berber language → hasAlternativeName → Ghadamis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghadames

Trans-Saharan trade routes → majorTerminus → Ghadamis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghadames