Oualata
Oualata or Walāta is a small oasis town in southeast Mauritania, located at the eastern end of the Aoukar basin. Oualata was important as a caravan city in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries as the southern terminus of a trans-Saharan trade route and now it is a World Heritage Site.
- City with about 4,780 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 240 metres (790 feet)
- Description: commune of Mauritania
- Also known as“Oualata ولاتة”“Walatah”“ولاته”
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Latitude
17.30047° or 17° 18′ 2″ north
Longitude
-7.02581° or 7° 1′ 33″ west
Open location code
7C9J8X2F+5M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Oualata” goes by many names.
ولاتةArabic
OualataAsturian
OualataBasque
OualataCatalan
瓦拉塔Chinese
OualataCzech
OualataDanish
IwalatanDutch
OualataDutch
OualataFinnish
Antigo ksar de OualataGalician
უალატაGeorgian
ואלאטהHebrew
ולאתהHebrew
वलाताHindi
OualataIndonesian
OualataItalian
ウアラタJapanese
УалатаKazakh
Уалата қаласыKazakh
OualataKotava
GualataLatin
ValātaLatvian
Valāta (Mauritānija)Latvian
UalataLithuanian
OualataMalay
उआलताNepali
OualataNorwegian
OualataNorwegian Bokmål
WalataPolish
OualataRomanian
ВалатаRussian
УалатаRussian
OualataSwahili
OualataSwedish
วาลาตาThai
OualataTurkish
УалатаUkrainian
ولاتہUrdu
OualataVietnamese
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