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Tagant Plateau
الهضبة تكانت
Natural region
Landscape of the Tagant region in Djouk
Landscape of the Tagant region in Djouk
Location of the Tagant plateau in Mauritania
Location of the Tagant plateau in Mauritania
CountryMauritania
Elevation
400 m (1,300 ft)

The Tagant Plateau is located in eastern Mauritania, forming a stony part of the Sahara Desert. The Tagant Region, a national administrative division, is named after the plateau.

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Tagant Plateau

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The Tagant Plateau is located in eastern Mauritania, forming a stony part of the Sahara Desert. The Tagant Region, a national administrative division,...

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Tagant

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Tagant may refer to: Tagant Region, a region in south-central Mauritania Tagant Plateau, a land area in eastern Mauritania This disambiguation page lists...

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Tagant Region

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Tagant (Arabic: ولاية تكانت, romanized: Wilāyat Tkānt) is a region in south-central Mauritania named for the Tagant Plateau. Its capital is Tidjikdja...

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Adrar Plateau

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Beginning in the mid-17th century, migrants from the Adrar Plateau region moved into the Tagant Plateau and displaced the native population. Henna design on...

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Aoukar

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eastern Mauritania. It is located between Kiffa and Néma, south of the Tagant Plateau. The region is also referred to as Hodh or El Hodh (Arabic: الحوض, lit...

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Tichit

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Ticit, Arabic: تيشيت), is a partly abandoned village at the foot of the Tagant Plateau in central southern Mauritania that is known for its vernacular architecture...

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Tichitt culture

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Dhar Tagant) of Mauritania are located north of the Senegal River. The Dhars of Mauritania are located between the Hodh Depression and Tagant Plateau. Dhar...

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Tidjikja

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Tidjikja (Arabic: تجكجة) is the capital of the Tagant region of central Mauritania, lying on the Tagant plateau. Founded in 1680, it has a population of around...

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Lake Gabou

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Hoorewendu) is a lake and wetlands area in Tagant Region of Mauritania. It captures runoff from the Tagant plateau and supports a range of indigenous flora...

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Fula people

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or Fula lands: Fuuta Kingi, meaning 'Old Fuuta', encompassing the Tagant Plateau, the Assaba Region, the Hodh, Futa Toro and the area around Nioro du...

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Takrur

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power, Takrur controlled the north bank of the Senegal as far as the Tagant plateau and Aleg.: 27  The Gorgol river valley was the heartland of the kingdom...

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Neolithic

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several sites in the Levant area of the Peninsula. On the Northern Iberian Plateau, domestic agrotypes of wheat and barley, ovicaprid livestock, Neolithic...

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Rashid

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surname Rashad, a surname Rachid, Mauritania, a town at the foot of the Tagant Plateau Rashid, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province Rashid, Yemen, a village...

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Mali Empire

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Members of the Sanhaja confederation in the vicinity of the Adrar Plateau and Tagant Plateau. Gomez instead suggests that these tribes would have inhabited...

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Ksar el Barka

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Tagant Plateau into Lake Gabou. The area has been an important center for pastoralism and agriculture for thousands of years.: 32  The Tagant Plateau...

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Geography of Mauritania

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these outcroppings may support vegetation. In the populated Adrar and Tagant plateaus, springs and wells provide water for pasturage and some agriculture...

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History of West Africa

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Agongointo-Zoungoudo". UNESCO. Sidatt, M. "Introduction to the History of the Tagant Plateau". Tagant. Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Nyarko, B. (2007). "Investigation...

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Moudjeria

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Sidatt, « Introduction à l’Histoire du plateau du Tagant », In Conservación y desarrollo en la Meseta de Tagant, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, février...

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Mauritania

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and 1904, the French armies succeeded in occupying Trarza, Brakna, and Tagant, but the northern emirate of Adrar held out longer, aided by the anticolonial...

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Futa Tooro

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to the 17th centuries, Futa Toro included the plains up to the Tagant and Assaba plateaus.: 27, 33  The valley of the Gorgol river on the north bank, with...

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Adrar Region

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of Hodh Ech Chargui to the east, the Mauritanian regions of Trarza and Tagant to the south and the Mauritanian region of Inchiri to the west. As of 2013...

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Sahara

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Mauritania dates from 2200 BCE to 200 BCE. Tichitt culture, at Dhar Néma, Dhar Tagant, Dhar Tichitt, and Dhar Walata, included a four-tiered hierarchal social...

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Architecture of Africa

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Dhar Walata, Dhar Néma, Dhar Tagant) between 1900 BCE and 400 BCE. Within these settled areas (e.g., Dhar Tichitt, Dhar Tagant, Dhar Walata) with stone walls...

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List of Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance

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Chat Tboul 15,500 38,000 Lac Gabou et le réseau hydrographique du Plateau du Tagant 9,500 23,000 Parc National du Banc d'Arguin 1,200,000 3,000,000 Parc...

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List of Muslim states and dynasties

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Emirate of Trarza (1640–present) Emirate of Adrar (1740–1932) Emirate of Tagant (1580–present) Niger Dendi Kingdom (1591–1901) Sultanate of Agadez (1449–1900)...

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Oasis

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zone with a date palm overstory, these oases are usually located below plateaus and "watered either by springs or by aflaj, tunnel systems dug into the...

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Dhar Tichitt

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Tichitt culture, including Dhar Tichitt, Dhar Walata, Dhar Néma, and Dhar Tagant. Dhar Tichitt, which includes Dakhlet el Atrouss, may have served as the...

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Yahya Ibn Ibrahim

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the Lemtouna and Djoddala tribes which respectively occupy the regions of Tagant and Mauritanian Adrar, is credited with the origin of the Almoravid movement...

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