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Location of Tunisia

Tunisia is a country situated on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. It appears to be a focal point of DHARMA-related activity. Scenes have been set in Medenine and Tozeur, which are approximately 150 miles apart in the center of the country.

Locations

Tunisian Sahara

Map of Tunisia, showing Touzeur and Medenine.

The Sahara Desert covers the southern part of Tunisia. Charles Widmore told John Locke that a certain part in this desert was the exit from the Island. After Benjamin Linus left the Island and got teleported there, the area was monitored by surveillance cameras. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")

After turning the wheel the following characters arrived here:

• Benjamin Linus arrived with an injured arm from a previous fall. Quickly after arriving Ben threw up. He fought with two Bedouins there and left on horseback. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
• John Locke arrived with a severe injury to the leg from a previous fall. Like Ben he also threw up upon arrival. Unable to move he laid on the ground till nightfall when he was picked up by a truck and taken to a field hospital where his leg was treated and he met Widmore. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
• Charles Widmore tells Locke he was exiled from the Island by Ben and that's why he knew of the exit, suggesting he was also teleported there by turning the wheel. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")

Abaddon comes to pick up Locke from Widmore.

Matthew Abaddon also visited here as he watched Locke being brought into the hospital. He later returned to pick up Locke and the two left Tunisia together.

Tozeur

Ben checks into a hotel in Tozeur.

After his arrival in the Sahara, Ben visited Tozeur and checked into a hotel. ("The Shape of Things to Come") Touzeur has been the trading center of the desert for a very long time. Two hundred and fifty years ago, the town hosted a thriving slave market; the unfortunate individuals were brought up across the Sahara with other goods by Tuareg-led caravans.

Medenine

Charlotte at the excavation site in Medenine.

Medenine is the major town in southeastern Tunisia, Charlotte bribed her way onto a dig site here. On the site, she found a polar bear skeleton with a collar bearing the Hydra station symbol. ("Confirmed Dead")

Native Characters

• African/Tunisian man - A man Charlotte bribed ("Confirmed Dead")
• Bedouin #1 (deceased) - A man killed by Ben. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
• Bedouin #2 - A man wounded by Ben. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
• Hajer - A doctor who set Locke's broken leg. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
• Ayesha - nurse ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
• Narjiss - A receptionist at a hotel where Ben stayed. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
• Translator - Charlotte's translator ("Confirmed Dead")

Notes

• The Drug smugglers' plane included a map of the Sahara region.
• Tunisia is on roughly the opposite side of the world as an uninhabited patch of ocean in the South Pacific, a probable location for The Island.[1]
• After suffering the effects of the flashes, Charlotte babbles, "I know more about ancient Carthage than Hannibal himself." Tunisia is the modern location of ancient Carthage. ("This Place Is Death")

Unanswered questions

• Is this "exit" a pocket of electromagnetic activity?
• Is there any significance to the fact that Tunisia appears to be at coordinates on the exact other side of the world from a patch of ocean in the South Pacific where the island may well be located[2]
• Was Widmore expecting Locke to arrive?
• Why didn't Widmore have cameras in the desert when Ben arrived if he knew about the exit and was willing to get Ben?

See also

• World locations - classification by worldwide cities

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