Saharan Mauritania
Saharan Mauritania is a region of Mauritania. The old tower of the Oudane ksour…| Tap on the map to travel |
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Chinguetti
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chinguetti is a city in Saharan Mauritania. It contains a noted Islamic scholarly centre sometimes called the library in the desert and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Choum
Choum is a tiny railway stop in the Adrar Region of Northern Mauritania 5 km from the straight-line demarcated border with the Western Sahara that runs due west-east at this point before turning south-north 12 km to the east.Destinations
Terjit
Photo: Ammar Hassan, CC BY 2.0.
Terjit is an oasis, 45km by road south of Atar and popular with tourists in Mauritania.
Azougi
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Azougui was a town in north-western Mauritania, lying on the Adrar Plateau, north-west of Atar.
Saharan Mauritania
- Type: region
- Location: Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude of centre
21.92° or 21° 55' 12" northLongitude of centre
-10.09° or 10° 5' 24" westWikidata ID
Q14231683Saharan Mauritania Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Italian: Mauritania sahariana
- Venetian: Mauritània sahariana
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Saharan Mauritania. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.