قرية لعزيلة
Mauritanie0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Qaryat Al-Azila (Al-Azila Village) in the Tagant region, Tidjikja/Moudjéria area (central Mauritania), at 158 m elevation, on the Sahelian plateau. Continuous Mauritania cluster (batches 320-322, 2 records). Rural village of Bidhan ("White Moors") or Haratine people, heritage of the ksour (fortified villages, UNESCO oral heritage 1996: Ouadane/Chinguetti/Tichitt/Oualata, home to the oldest Islamic library with Saharan manuscripts dating to the 8th century). Date-palm oasis area.
The setting
Tagant, Tidjikja/Moudjéria area, Mauritania, 158 m, plateau, continuous cluster batches 320-322, Bidhan/Haratine village, ksour, UNESCO 1996, 4 towns, Islamic library, 8th-century Saharan manuscripts, date-palm oasis.
