Ghadames
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- This article is about the town; for the former Libyan district see Ghadames District.
Ghadames or Ghadamis /ɡəˈdæmᵻs/ (Berber: ʕademis; Arabic:ɣadāmis, Libyan vernacular: ɣdāməs, Latin: Cidamus, Cydamus) is an oasis Berber town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya.
The indigenous language of Ghadames is Ghadamès, a Berber language.