Toujane
Encyclopedia
Toujane is a Berber
mountain village in southern Tunisia, near Medenine
, divided into two parts by a valley.
Berber people
Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Historically they spoke the Berber language or varieties of it, which together form a branch...
mountain village in southern Tunisia, near Medenine
Medenine
Medenine is the major town in southeastern Tunisia, south of the port of Gabès and the Island of Djerba, on the main route to Libya. It is the capital of Medenine Governorate.- Overview :...
, divided into two parts by a valley.
In popular culture
- The village was a location where several missions in the single and multiplayer mode of the 2005 video game Call of Duty 2Call of Duty 2Call of Duty 2 is a first-person shooter video game and the second installment in the critically acclaimed Call of Duty series. It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It was released on October 25, 2005 for Microsoft Windows and on November 22, 2005 as a launch game for the...
take place, most notably one of the missions where the player has to control a Sdkfz 222 armored car.
- Part of the film La folle de Toujane (1974, by René Vautier) was filmed in this village.