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    Kiffa (Arabic: كيفة) is a large town in the far south region of Mauritania, and the name of an administrative area within the local Assaba Region. Kiffa...
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    Kiffa beads are rare powder glass beads. They are named after the Mauritanian city of Kiffa, where French ethnologist R. Mauny documented them first in...
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    Kiffa is a department of Assaba Region in Mauritania. The Kiffa department is made up of following municipalities: Aghoratt El Melgue Kiffa Kouroudjel...
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  • Kiffa Airport (IATA: KFA, ICAO: GQNF) is an airport serving Kiffa, a city in the Assaba region of southern-est Mauritania. Airport information for GQNF[usurped]...
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    have magical medicinal of fertility powers. In Mauritania, powder-glass Kiffa beads represent a beading tradition that may date as far back as 1200 CE;...
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    Nouakchott Nouadhibou 1 Nouakchott Nouakchott 1,195,600 Kiffa 2 Nouadhibou Dakhlet Nouadhibou 118,167 3 Kiffa Assaba 60,005 4 Néma Hodh Ech Chargui 57,000 5 Rosso...
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  • group Korean Friendship Association, a Spain-based international non-profit Kiffa Airport, Mauritania (IATA:KFA) Kodava language of Karnataka, India (ISO...
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    square km. It had a population of 325,897 at the 2013 Census. Its capital is Kiffa. Other major cities/towns include Guerou. The region borders the Mauritanian...
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  • This is the list of candidates for the 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election, in the electoral districts of the wilaya of Assaba. 25 parties were legally...
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    geological depression area of south eastern Mauritania. It is located between Kiffa and Néma, south of the Tagant Plateau. The region is also referred to as...
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    have been made in West Africa by and for Africans, such as Mauritanian Kiffa beads, Ghanaian and Nigerian powder glass beads, or African-made brass beads...
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    derived from cold cream jars to achieve the blue colouration. Mauritanian Kiffa beads are also manufactured through the wet core technique. Glass, which...
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  • Rallye des Pharaons in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001. He died at age 47 near Kiffa, Mauritania, caused by a crash on 11 January 2005 on the 11th stage of the...
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    recognized as a constellation distinct from Scorpius. The alternative name Kiffa Australis (Elkhiffa Australis) is a partial Latin translation of the Arabic...
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    l'Espoir (Road of Hope)) connects the city with Néma via Boutilimit and Kiffa.: 235  In the city, there is a public transport and commuter system, with...
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    Ouadane 1 1 Assaba Barkéol 2 2 10 Boumdeid 1 1 Guerou 1 1 2 Kankoussa 2 2 Kiffa 1 1 1 3 Brakna Aleg 2 2 12 Bababé 2 2 Boghé 2 2 Magta Lahjar 2 2 Male 2...
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    Aftout Department Boumdeid Department Guerou Department Kankossa Department Kiffa Department Aleg Department Bababe Department Bogué Department M'Bagne Department...
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  • Kifa or KIFA may refer to:കിഫ - KIFA Kiffa, city and department in Mauritania Killed in flight accident King Island Football Association, Tasmania, Australia...
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    was viewed as representing the "claws of the scorpion". There was also Kiffa Borealis, from the Arabic al-kiffah aš-šamāliyy "the northern pan (of the...
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    approximately 250 kilometres (160 mi) into stage 9, between Nouakchott and Kiffa, only a few kilometers (miles) from the location where Meoni had his fatal...
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    were then cut and moulded onto a core of solid color. Beads such as the kiffa beads of Mauritania are thought to have resulted from women creating powdered...
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    3 January 2006 Er Rachidia Ouarzazate Andreas Schulz 4 10 January 2006 Kiffa Kayes Andreas Schulz 5 7 January 2007 Portimão Málaga 2007 Dakar Rally Michel...
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  • Communes of Mauritania Urban Industrial Arafat Benichab Choum Dar-Naim El Mina Kiffa Ksar Nouadhibou Riyad Rosso Sebkha Tevragh-Zeina Teyarett Toujouonine Zouérat...
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  • ASC Assaba is a Mauritanian football club based in Kiffa the capital of Assaba Region. The club plays in the Mauritanean Premier League. Currently the...
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    Communes of Mauritania Urban Industrial Arafat Benichab Choum Dar-Naim El Mina Kiffa Ksar Nouadhibou Riyad Rosso Sebkha Tevragh-Zeina Teyarett Toujouonine Zouérat...
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    2024 3 Hamadi Ould Sid'El Moctar Ould Mohamed Abdi Tewassoul Deputy for Kiffa (2013–2023) President of Tewassoul (2023–present) Declared: 2 May 2024 Deposited:...
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    Sissako Sissako at the 2016 César award Born (1961-10-13) 13 October 1961 (age 62) Kiffa, Mauritania Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter, producer...
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    Communes of Mauritania Urban Industrial Arafat Benichab Choum Dar-Naim El Mina Kiffa Ksar Nouadhibou Riyad Rosso Sebkha Tevragh-Zeina Teyarett Toujouonine Zouérat...
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  • and President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Ould Mohamed Lemine was born in Kiffa. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation on August 1,...
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    Communes of Mauritania Urban Industrial Arafat Benichab Choum Dar-Naim El Mina Kiffa Ksar Nouadhibou Riyad Rosso Sebkha Tevragh-Zeina Teyarett Toujouonine Zouérat...
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