Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
Type
Cultural
Criteria
iii, iv, v
Designated
1996 (20th session)
Reference no.
750
Region
Arab States
Tichit, or Tichitt (Berber languages: 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. The main agriculture in Tichit is date farming, and the village is also home to a small museum.
Tichitt Airport has two unpaved runways designated in a barren area 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) southeast of the village.
Tichit, or Tichitt (Berber languages: Ticit, Arabic: تيشيت), is a partly abandoned village at the foot of the Tagant Plateau in central southern Mauritania...
مغرين) Chinguetti (شنقيط) Choum (شوم) F'dérik (افديرك) Ouadane (وادان) Tichit (تيشيت) List of metropolitan areas in Africa List of largest cities in the...
Plateau's slopes, which form cliffs in some places. Among these areas are Tichit, Moudjéria and Rachid. Tidjikdja lies on the Tagant itself. The Assaba Massif...
the primary center of religion for the people of Tichitt culture. At Dhar Tichit, Dakhlet el Atrouss I, which is the largest archaeological site of the Tichitt...
Tagant Plateau. Its capital is Tidjikdja. Other major cities/towns include Tichit and Rachid, Nbeika. The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Adrar...
Dhar Tichitt is a Neolithic archaeological site located in the southwestern region of the Sahara Desert in Mauritania. It is one of several settlement...
no longer exists. The former lake of Aoukar extended towards the area of Tichit, bordering the southern edge of the Tagant Plateau. Below the cliffs (dhars)...
Timbuktu. Tichit is an isolated but historic town, 230 km east of Tidjikja and 490 km from Nema along the sandy Dhar Tichit piste. Tichit's history dates...
where it means "master of dogs". According to Robert Arnaud (1906), "around Tichit the Nemadi employ a dialect called Azeïr which is close to Soninke." Chudeau...
30 aceramic Neolithic period settlements northern coastal Peru 3000 1700 Tichit Neolithic village on the Tagant Plateau central southern Mauritania 2000...
The town was founded in the mid-19th century by a group of herders in the Tichit region. Numerous archeological expeditions have occurred within the vicinity...
current-day Mauritania, there exist archaeological sites in the towns of Tichit and Oualata that were initially constructed around 2000 B.C., and were found...
Koumbi Saleh. From the type of architecture and pottery, it is believed that Tichit was related to the subsequent Ghana Empire. Old Jenne (Djenne) began to...
Arafat Department El Mina Department Riyad Department Moudjeria Department Tichit Department Tidjikja Department Bir Moghrein Department Fderîck Department...
Tichitt Airport (IATA: THI, ICAO: GQNC) is an airport serving the town of Tichit in Mauritania. Runway boundaries are marked in white on dark rock or dirt;...
times. These stone settlements were built on the rocky promontories of Tichit-Walata and the Tagant cliffs of Southern Mauritania. Though there are no...
in several historic Mauritanian cities such as Koumbi Saleh, Aoudaghost, Tichit, Ouadane and Azougui. The ethnographic collections contain objects belonging...
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