Chinguetti is a ksar and a medieval trading center in northern Mauritania, located on the Adrar Plateau east of Atar. Chinguetti had a population of 4,800 ...
Chinguetti
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Chinguetti is a ksar and a medieval trading center in northern Mauritania, located on the Adrar Plateau east of Atar. Chinguetti had a population of 4,800 as of 2013. Wikipedia
Population: 4,711 (2000)
Region: Adrar Region
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Jul 10, 2020 · Home to some of the world's most important medieval Quranic texts, this desert oasis was once an intellectual hub.
Chinguetti is one of the four ksours, or medieval trading centers, overseen by Mauritania's National Foundation for the Preservation of Ancient Towns (the ...
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Mar 20, 2023 · Deep in the Sahara desert, in the former trading hub of Chinguetti, lie libraries that hold literary treasures from centuries ago.
Chinguetti is a department of the Adrar Region in Mauritania. The capital lies at Chinguetti, an ex-Middle Ages center for trade which is considered to be a ...
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 ...
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Mar 22, 2023 · Chinguetti's libraries are disappearing. The ancient city in Mauritania in eastern Africa is losing a battle with the surrounding Sahara Desert, ...
Founded in the 11th and 12th centuries to serve the caravans crossing the Sahara, these trading and religious centres became focal points of Islamic culture ...