Historical place profile
Old Town of Ghadamès
The Old Town of Ghadamès was inscribed in 1986 as a UNESCO World Heritage site, but was de-populated throughout the 1990s. It is now listed on the List of World Heritage in Danger (2016).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:582667281
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:582667281
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 30.132942, 9.497396
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The Old Town of Ghadamès was inscribed in 1986 as a UNESCO World Heritage site, but was de-populated throughout the 1990s. It is now listed on the List of World Heritage in Danger (2016).
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.