Toujane ( ar, توجان) is a

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Matmata mountain village in the south of

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, near

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, divided into two parts by a valley. It is most notably remembered for its

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importance.

In popular culture

The village is featured in the 2005 video game ''

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'', both as a mission in the single-player campaign and as a multiplayer map. The game features the mission "Retaking Lost Ground" (Toujane, Tunisia - March 11, 1943) and the later ''

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''. Scenes from the film ''La folle de Toujane'' (1974, by

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) were filmed in this village.

References

Populated places in Tunisia {{Tunisia-geo-stub