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