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Chinguetti (/ʃɪŋˈɡɛti/ shing-GHET-ee; Arabic: شنقيط, romanized: Šinqīṭ) is a ksar and a
medieval trading center in
northern Mauritania,
located on the...
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Chinguetti Mosque (Arabic: مسجد شنقيط, romanized: Masjid Shinqīṭ), also
known as the
Chinguetti Great Mosque, is a ****
Islam mosque in
Chinguetti,...
- The
Chinguetti oilfield is an oil
field located off the
Mauritanian coast in 800 m
water depth. It was
discovered by the
Australian firm
Woodside Petroleum...
- The
Chinguetti meteorite is a find
reputed to come from a
large unconfirmed 'iron mountain' in Africa. The
existence of a huge stony-iron mesosiderite...
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commonly known to Arab
geographers as
Bilad Chinqit, "the land of the
Chinguetti". The term "Mauritanie occidentale" was
officially used in a ministerial...
- Tsabit, Tekorareen, and others. The
Saadians repeatedly tried to
control Chinguetti, and the most
prominent attempts were made
during the
reign of Sultan...
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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...
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historically part of the pre-modern
Bilad Chinguetti (Arabic: بلاد شنقيط, romanized: Bilād Šinqīṭ), the Land of
Chinguetti, a
religious center in contemporary...
- H****aniya
Arabic was the
language spoken in the pre-modern
region around Chinguetti. The
language has
completely replaced the
Berber languages that were originally...
- was made a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996
together with Ouadane,
Chinguetti and Tichitt.
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