Djerid
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el-Djerid or al-Jarid (Arabic الجريد, meaning palm leaf) is the medieval name for the semidesert region comprising southern Tunisia and adjacent parts of Algeria and Libya, including several chotts or salt lakes (notably Chott el Djerid in Algeria).
It remains the principal center of Ibadism in North Africa, with remaining Ibadhi communities on Djerba in Tunisia, in the Mzab in Algeria, and in Jabal Nafusa in Libya; in medieval times, it often formed a politically separate entity under the control of Ibadhi imams.
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