Nafta, Tunisia

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Nefta (Arabic نفطة, DMG NAFTA, antique: Aggarsel Nepte ) is a town in southern Tunisia with about 15,000 inhabitants. The city is located near the Algerian border north of the salt lake Chott el Jerid. The former caravan station, with its 24 mosques and 100 marabouts the religious center of Djerid region and a stronghold of Sufism.

Like neighboring Tozeur Nefta distinguished by the characteristic of this area of Tunisia Lehmziegelarchitektur. However, taught in the past, especially in 1990, catastrophic rains major damage to the historic structure on.

Nefta consists of two parts on either side of the valley Corbeille from which sprang the sources of the oasis. Today, the sources are dry and there is fossil groundwater encouraged. To the west lies the Chorfa - district, Old Town Neftas with winding streets and numerous religious buildings. East of the Corbeille the Neustadt is the souks. The originating within the Corbeille Oued ( Wadi ) irrigates the 10 km ² large oasis, which adjoins the south by Nefta. In it is the Zaouia Sidi Bou Ali, the tomb of a Muslim saint of the 13th century, the most important pilgrimage site Neftas.

The Corbeille ( valley ) of Nefta