Azougi
Azougui was a town in north-western Mauritania, lying on the Adrar Plateau, north-west of Atar. In the eleventh century it was the first capital of the Almoravid dynasty, who conquered a territory stretching from the Ghana Empire to Morocco and the Iberian Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Residential area
- Description: site of the first capital of the Almoravids in the Adrar Region, Mauritania
- Also known as: “Azougil”, “Azougui”, “Azoûgui”, and “Azouguil”
Azougi
- Categories: ancient city, human settlement, and oasis
- Location: Adrar Region, Saharan Mauritania, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
20.5682° or 20° 34′ 5″ northLongitude
-13.1104° or 13° 6′ 37″ westElevation
269 metres (883 feet)Open location code
7CG8HV9Q+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 251644693OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Azougi”. Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.