Ajim ( ar, أجيم ') is a commune and port located on the Island of
Djerba
Djerba (; ar, جربة, Jirba, ; it, Meninge, Girba), also transliterated as Jerba or Jarbah, is a Tunisian island and the largest island of North Africa at , in the Gulf of Gabès, off the coast of Tunisia. It had a population of 139,544 a ...
off the coast of
Tunisia
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. It is Djerba's main
fishing
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port
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and the closest city to the African continent. It had a population of 24,294 at the 2014 census.
''Star Wars'' filming location
The city and surrounding areas were used as filming locations for ''
Star Wars
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''. Tourists can visit buildings featured in the original movie, including
Obi-Wan Kenobi
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's house and the
Mos Eisley
Mos Eisley is a spaceport town in the fictional ''Star Wars'' universe. Located on the planet Tatooine, it first appeared in the 1977 film ''Star Wars'', described by the character Obi-Wan Kenobi (played by Alec Guinness) as a "wretched hive of s ...
cantina.
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Topographic map and satellite view
Image:Djerba topographic map-fr.svg, Djerba topographic map in French.
Image:ISD_highres_ISS002_ISS002-749-82_3.JPG, Djerba satellite view.
References
Populated places in Tunisia
Communes of Tunisia
Djerba
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