El Méchelfié

El Méchelfié is a dune in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Timbuktu.

Photo: upyernoz, CC BY 3.0.
is a Tuareg city on the Niger River in the country of . Its long history as a trading outpost that linked black Africa below the Sahara Desert with Berber and Islamic traders throughout north Africa, and thereby indirectly with traders from Europe, has given it a fabled status.

El Méchelfié

Latitude
16.83293° or 16° 49′ 59″ north
Longitude
-2.95182° or 2° 57′ 7″ west
Elevation
273 metres (896 feet)
Open location code
7C8VR2MX+57
Geo­Names ID
6307494
Wiki­data ID
Q27692325
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Satellite Map

Discover El Méchelfié from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“El Méchelfié” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “El Méchelfié”
  • Swedish: “El Méchelfié”

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