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About Djerba
Beach Djerba - Tunisia, photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers: Djerba (also transliterated as Jerba, Jarbah or Girba جزيرة جربة) is the largest island off Northern Africa, located in the Gulf of Gabes off the coast of Tunisia. The climate is mild and the soil well cultivated. Its largest city is Houmt-Souk, with a population of around 20,000. Djerba is a popular tourist destination, particularly for French, German, and Italian tourists. It is one of the few remaining places in Tunisia where a Berber language is still spoken. Another factor drawing some tourists to Djerba is the 1977 location of the Mos Eisley exterior scenes in the first Star Wars movie. The island is noted as a center of the Islamic sect al-Ibadhiyah and is also noted for its Jewish minority, which has dwelled on the island for centuries, although populations have declined due to emigration to Israel and France since the mid-20th century. The El Ghriba synagogue is one of the oldest and most famous in the world. In the early 20th century the island of Djerba had a population of forty thousand, several hundreds of whom were Maltese Catholics earning a livelihood as sponge-fishers. The island, in ancient times called Meninx, included three principal cities, Meninx, Tipasa and Girba, whence its present name. At least two bishops of Girba are known, Monnulus and Vincent, who assisted at the Councils, of Carthage in 255 and 525 (Toulotte, Géographie de l'Afrique chrétienne Proconsulaire, Paris, 1892, pp. 353 and 380). In the seventh century it was again found under the name of Terepiton, a corrupt form for Gergiton or Gerbiton (Byzant. Zeitschrift, II, 1893, 26, 31). During the Middle Ages, the Christians of Sicily and Aragon disputed its possession with the Muslim Arabs.
The island was controlled twice by the Norman Kingdom of Sicily:
* 1135 - 1158
* 1284 - 1333; this time it was organised as a feudal lordship, with the following Lords of ...
Beach Djerba - Tunisia, photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers: Djerba (also transliterated as Jerba, Jarbah or Girba جزيرة جربة) is the largest island off Northern Africa, located in the Gulf of Gabes off the coast of Tunisia. The climate is mild and the soil well cultivated. Its largest city is Houmt-Souk, with a population of around 20,000. Djerba is a popular tourist destination, particularly for French, German, and Italian tourists. It is one of the few remaining places in Tunisia where a Berber language is still spoken. Another factor drawing some tourists to Djerba is the 1977 location of the Mos Eisley exterior scenes in the first Star Wars movie. The island is noted as a center of the Islamic sect al-Ibadhiyah and is also noted for its Jewish minority, which has dwelled on the island for centuries, although populations have declined due to emigration to Israel and France since the mid-20th century. The El Ghriba synagogue is one of the oldest and most famous in the world. In the early 20th century the island of Djerba had a population of forty thousand, several hundreds of whom were Maltese Catholics earning a livelihood as sponge-fishers. The island, in ancient times called Meninx, included three principal cities, Meninx, Tipasa and Girba, whence its present name. At least two bishops of Girba are known, Monnulus and Vincent, who assisted at the Councils, of Carthage in 255 and 525 (Toulotte, Géographie de l'Afrique chrétienne Proconsulaire, Paris, 1892, pp. 353 and 380). In the seventh century it was again found under the name of Terepiton, a corrupt form for Gergiton or Gerbiton (Byzant. Zeitschrift, II, 1893, 26, 31). During the Middle Ages, the Christians of Sicily and Aragon disputed its possession with the Muslim Arabs.
The island was controlled twice by the Norman Kingdom of Sicily:
* 1135 - 1158
* 1284 - 1333; this time it was organised as a feudal lordship, with the following Lords of ...
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