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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Friendship Association, promotes friendship with North Korea IATA code for Kiffa Airport, Mauritania Kodava language of Karnataka, India (ISO code: kfa)...
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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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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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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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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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Powder glass beads (section Kiffa beads)
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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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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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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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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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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Mauritania Hodh Ech Chargui Hodh El Gharbi Inchiri Iron ore Kaédi Khoums Kiffa Leblouh (fattening of girls) List of cities in Mauritania List of companies...
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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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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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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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Aftout Department Boumdeid Department Guerou Department Kankossa Department Kiffa Department Aleg Department Bababe Department Bogué Department M'Bagne Department...
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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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village and commune in Mauritania. Hovratt ehl Cheikh Sid'Elemine nearest to Kiffa capital of Assaba Region. It is located at around 16°49′N 11°45′W / 16...
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International Bir Moghrein Abbaye Boutilimit Dahara Airport Fderik Kaédi Kiffa Letfotar Néma Nouadhibou International Nouakchott (former airport) Nouakchott–Oumtounsy...
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Nouakchott 2 Nouadhibou انواديبو 59,198 72,337 118,167 Dakhlet Nouadhibou 3 Kiffa كيفة 29,292 25,679 50,206 Assaba 4 Mbera Refugee Camp امبره - - 47,725 Hodh...
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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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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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River-Peliyagoda Waterdrome Colombo, Sri Lanka UTC+05:30 -KF- KFA GQNF Kiffa Airport Kiffa, Mauritania UTC±00:00 KFE YFDF Fortescue Dave Forrest Airport Cloudbreak...
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