Oualata or Walata (Arabic: ولاتة) (also Biru in 17th century chronicles) is a small oasis town in southeast Mauritania, located at the eastern end of...

The Tichitt Culture, or Tichitt Tradition, was created by proto-Mande peoples, namely the ancestors of the Soninke people. In 4000 BCE, the start of sophisticated...

mines at Taghaza to the oasis of Oualata. A guide was sent ahead, and water was brought over a four-day journey from Oualata to meet the caravan. Culture...

north-northwest of Timbuktu (in Mali) and 731 km (454 mi) north-northeast of Oualata (in Mauritania). The Taghaza mines are first mentioned by name (as Taghara)...

tourist for every 2,718 locals. The old cities of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Oualata, Tichitt, Ksar el Barka, Aoudaghost and Koumbi Saleh are all vestiges of...

also in Mali along the Niger River, from around 900 BC. Dhar Tichitt and Oualata were prominent among the early urban centres, dated to 2000 BC, in present-day...

Oualata is a department of Hodh Ech Chargui Region in Mauritania. "Mauritania: Administrative divisions". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-16...

world heritage sites Banc d'Arguin National Park Ouadane Chinguetti Tichit Oualata "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved...

Oualata (Arabic: ولاته) is one of the 60 electoral districts represented in the National Assembly. The constituency currently elects 1 deputy. Its boundaries...

The ancient ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata in Mauritania were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996. Ouadane and Chinguetti...

Peoples Seafaring West Africa and Central Africa Kintampo Dhar Tichitt Oualata Nok Sao Ekoi Senegambia Serer Senegambia Megaliths Pre-Imperial Mali Djenné-Djenno...

UNESCO designated Chinguetti, along with the cities of Ouadane, Tichitt and Oualata, also in the dunes area, as a World Heritage Site. Notable buildings in...

said to be the first family to have lived in Manding, after having left Oualata in Wagadou due to drought. They founded the first village of the Manding...

Mauritania started making pottery and built stone settlements (e.g., Tichitt, Oualata). Fishing, using bone-tipped harpoons, became a major activity in the numerous...

Oualata, Mauritania. In this town on the far edge of the Sahara desert, three women practice traditional painting on the walls of the town. Oualata is...

persecution drove Muslim traders to abandon Koumbi Saleh for Djenne and Oualata. He beheaded Muslim kings who opposed him.: 212–13  At the Battle of Kirina...

14 Amourj 2 2 Bassiknou 2 2 Djigueni 2 2 N'Beiket Lahwach 1 1 Néma 2 2 Oualata 1 1 Timbédra 2 2 Hodh El Gharbi Aïoun El Atrous 2 2 10 Koubenni 1 1 1 3...

Like other aspects of the culture of Africa, the architecture of Africa is exceptionally diverse. Throughout the history of Africa, Africans have developed...

spoken in the salt-trading centres of Ouadane, Tinigi, Chinguetti, Tichit, Oualata, and Aoudaghost. The name is supposedly derived from the Berber term 'El...

town of Oualata, where he arranged for water to be transported a distance of four days travel where it would meet the thirsty caravan. Oualata was the...

Mauritania, there exist archaeological sites in the towns of Tichit and Oualata that were initially constructed around 2000 B.C., and were found to have...

caravan city. Other caravan cities include Aroer in Jordan, Hatra in Iraq, Oualata in Mauritania, Damascus in Syria, and Samarkand in Uzbekistan. The caravan...

town of Oualata, where he arranged for water to be transported a distance of four days travel where it would meet the thirsty caravan. Oualata was the...

by the 2012 public stoning of an unmarried couple in Aguelhok. Shot in Oualata, Mauritania, Timbuktu was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the...

the Western Sahel, p.50. UNESCO: "Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata" The Adrar - Lonely Planet Map of the Adrar - Bab Sahara...

Peoples Seafaring West Africa and Central Africa Kintampo Dhar Tichitt Oualata Nok Sao Ekoi Senegambia Serer Senegambia Megaliths Pre-Imperial Mali Djenné-Djenno...

which dominated the centers of Islamic knowledge of Timbuktu, Djenne, Oualata and Gao, Ajuran, Adal and Warsangali in Somalia, Mughals in the Indian...

Mohamed Mustafa Ma al-'Aynayn (Arabic: محمد مصطفى ماء العينين; c. 1830–31 in Oualata, present-day Mauritania – 1910 in Tiznit, Morocco; complete name Mohamad...

Peoples Seafaring West Africa and Central Africa Kintampo Dhar Tichitt Oualata Nok Sao Ekoi Senegambia Serer Senegambia Megaliths Pre-Imperial Mali Djenné-Djenno...

Retrieved 17 August 2011. "Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 August 2011. "Banc d'Arguin National Park". UNESCO...