Azougi
Azougui was a town in north western Mauritania, lying on the Adrar Plateau, north west of Atar. In the eleventh century it was the first capital of the Almoravid dynasty, who conquered a territory stretching from the Ghana Empire to Morocco and the Iberian Peninsula.Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Azougi
- Type: Residential area
- Description: site of medieval town in Adrar Region, Mauritania
- Category: ancient city
- Location: Adrar Region, Saharan Mauritania, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
20.5682° or 20° 34' 5" northLongitude
-13.1104° or 13° 6' 37" westElevation
269 metres (883 feet)Open Location Code
7CG8HV9Q+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 251644693OpenStreetMap Feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
2381257Wikidata ID
Q639003Azougi Satellite Map
© OpenStreetMap, Mapbox and Maxar
Also Known As
In the Area
Azougi is situated close to the locality E-n-Ṭarazzi and the village Tayaret.
- AzouguiVillage
- Te-n-ṬarazziLocality, 4 km south
- ’Aouînet Ahel KhaïriHamlet, 4½ km north
- El BeououâlHamlet, 6 km southeast
- Foum AjârHamlet, 6 km east
- AguenniHamlet, 6 km southwest
Popular Destinations in Saharan Mauritania
Escape to a Random Place
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Azougi. Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.