Towns & cities

Matmata

Tunisian town

Tunisia · 33.5426, 9.9668

Matmata is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“The scenes of Luke's Tatooine home were filmed at the Hotel Sidi Driss, in Matmata.”

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) · Wikipedia

Open on the map → Wikipedia Source data

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Matmata as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Set here, per Matmata’s own Wikipedia article

Works this page’s own Wikipedia article places here. Nothing was filmed — each of these is drawn or rendered — and as above, no pin and no download entry.

Call of Duty 2 2005

“One of Call of Duty 2s missions and multiplayer maps takes place in Matmâta as part of North African Campaign.” Wikipedia
Call of Duty: Finest Hour 2004

“Two of Call of Duty: Finest Hours missions take place on the outskirts of Matmata, one involving destroying a radio mast, and another a German fuel depot.” Wikipedia

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Matmata, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

Call of Duty 2 2005

Other filming locations in Tunisia

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Matmata?

3 productions are recorded as filmed in Matmata, including Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Matmata?

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), covered by 96 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Matmata?

Matmata is in Tunisia. Its coordinates are 33.5426, 9.9668.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.