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Explore Kerkennah

Explore Kerkennah through its main islands, villages and islets. The map provides orientation, the records add context, and the archives let you go further without inventing undocumented facts.

Watercolour map of Kerkennah showing Gharbi and Chergui islands and several islets around Chergui
Editorial map built from the supplied references. Villages are not plotted on this illustration to avoid implying artificial precision.

Inhabited territory

Villages and landmarks

Each record separates what the map can locate from what the archives can actually document.

Sidi YoussefGharbi Map reference

At the western tip of Gharbi, Sidi Youssef is the main maritime arrival landmark. V5 uses it as a gateway connecting crossings, mobility and coastal memory.

MellitaGharbi Archives connected

Mellita is a major landmark on Gharbi. Kerkenniens archives connect local life, economic activity and territorial reading without claiming to cover the village’s full history.

Ouled EzzeddineGharbi Archives connected

A landmark on the eastern continuation of Gharbi in the supplied reference maps. Available archives notably document activities related to seafood products.

Sidi FrejTransition Gharbi / Chergui Archives connected

Sidi Frej appears on the reference maps west of the continuation toward Chergui. It is a useful gateway for coastline, monitoring and coastal-change topics.

Ouled KacemSud-ouest de Chergui Map reference

Ouled Kacem is positioned in the south-western part of Chergui on the reference maps. Specific documentation still needs consolidation before going beyond this geographic landmark.

Editorial documentation still needs completion. A sourced contribution can enrich this record.

Ouled YanegSud de Chergui Archives connected

A southern Chergui village, Ouled Yaneg has a richer archival corpus covering fishing-village life, local initiatives, food and everyday life.

Ouled Bou AliCentre-sud de Chergui Archives connected

Ouled Bou Ali is a central-southern Chergui landmark. Archives provide entry points into family traditions, community life and local development.

Remla / ErramlaCentre de Chergui Archives connected

Remla, also written Erramla on some maps, is a central Chergui landmark. The site connects it to daily use, the market and services rather than presenting a frozen encyclopedic profile.

KellabineCentre-est de Chergui Map reference

Kellabine is visible on the reference maps between Remla and the eastern side. V5 keeps the landmark while explicitly marking its editorial documentation as incomplete.

Editorial documentation still needs completion. A sourced contribution can enrich this record.

El AbbassiaEst de Chergui Archives connected

El Abbassia is an eastern Chergui landmark. Archives notably connect it to island heritage, the museum and salt landscapes.

CherguiNord de Chergui Map reference

Here, Chergui refers to an inhabited landmark and must be distinguished from Chergui Island itself. V5 keeps that distinction to avoid confusing the village and the main island.

Editorial documentation still needs completion. A sourced contribution can enrich this record.

En-NajetNord de Chergui Map reference

En-Najet appears in northern Chergui on the supplied reference mapping. With no sufficiently solid editorial corpus yet, the page remains deliberately descriptive and open to sourced contributions.

Editorial documentation still needs completion. A sourced contribution can enrich this record.

KratenExtrême nord de Chergui Archives connected

Kraten is placed at the far north on the supplied maps. Archives connect it to cultural and community initiatives as well as road and landscape stories.

El AttayaFaçade est de Chergui Archives connected

El Attaya lies on Chergui’s eastern side. Available archives notably associate it with port activity and seafood trade.

Around the two main islands

Islands and islets

V5 starts with landmarks that can be identified clearly enough from the supplied maps for editorial use.

Île de GharbiSud-ouest Map reference

The western main island of the archipelago. It includes Sidi Youssef and Mellita and is one of the two major island units retained on the simplified home map.

Île de CherguiNord-est Map reference

The eastern and northern main island, where many villages and landmarks are located. The home map shows it without towns to avoid suggesting imprecise placement.

Roummadia / RoumediaNord-est de Chergui Map reference

An islet identified north-east of Chergui on the supplied reference map. Its position is kept as a cartographic landmark, while its history and uses still require dedicated sources.

Gremdi / GrimdiEst de Chergui Archives connected

An islet east of Chergui on the supplied maps. Kerkenniens already holds archives about Grimdi, providing a basis for a richer profile without extrapolating beyond sources.

SefnouNord-ouest de Chergui Map reference

An islet marked north-west of Chergui on the supplied reference map. V5 locates it without assigning unverified history or use.

CharmandiaÎlots satellites de Chergui Map reference

Charmandia is among the small islets listed in the Ramsar information sheet for the Kerkennah Islands. Its record remains deliberately concise until fuller historical and ecological documentation is consolidated.

LazdadÎlots satellites de Chergui Map reference

Lazdad is also listed by the Ramsar sheet among the archipelago’s islets. V5 includes it in the directory without assigning a more precise graphic position than the currently consolidated sources support.

RakadiaÎlots satellites de Chergui Map reference

Rakadia, sometimes transcribed Rakkadiya in the literature, is one of the satellite islets cited around Chergui. Spelling variants are retained as a documentary point still to clarify.

Îlots de Haj HmidaÎlots satellites de Chergui Map reference

The Ramsar sheet mentions the Haj Hmida islets as a distinct group of small island territories. Kerkenniens references them as a group until a finer cartographic breakdown is validated.

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Seven dossiers to enter the territory

Maps provide orientation. These dossiers add depth: archaeological circuit, island heritage, saltworks, Grimdi, Fort Lahsar and historical discovery guides.

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