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Country
  
Tunisia

Time zone
  
CET (UTC1)

Governorate
  
Tataouine Governorate

Local time
  
Saturday 6:29 AM

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 36% Humidity

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Chenini (Arabic: شنيني‎‎) is a ruined Berber village in the Tataouine district in southern Tunisia. Located on a hilltop near a modern village of the same name, Chenini was a fortified granary, or ksar (plural ksour.) Like other ksour created by North African Berber communities, Chenini was built on a hilltop - in this instance, between two hilltop ridges - to help protect it from raiding parties. The oldest structures on the hillside date back to the 12th century; some of the buildings are still used to store grain for the villagers living in the valley below. Chenini is a regular stop on southern Tunisia's ksar trail, along with the villages of Douiret, Ksar Ouled Soltane and Ksar Hadada.

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Map of Chenini, Tunisia

Chenini and the surrounding Tataouine district are also associated with the Star Wars film series. Many scenes for the movies were filmed in the area; one of the moons of the home planet of Luke Skywalker was named Chenini.

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References

Chenini Wikipedia