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.
- Residential area
- …lies at an elevation of around 270 metres (880 feet)
- Description: site of the first capital of the Almoravids in the Adrar Region, Mauritania
- Also known as“Azougil”“Azoûgui”“Azougui آزوكي”“Azouguil”
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Latitude
20.5682° or 20° 34′ 5″ north
Longitude
-13.1104° or 13° 6′ 37″ west
Open location code
7CG8HV9Q+7V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = residential
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Azougi” goes by many names.
آزوكيArabic
AzouguiCatalan
阿祖吉文化景觀Chinese
AzouguiDutch
آزوكىEgyptian Arabic
AzouguiEsperanto
AzugiEsperanto
AzouguiPolish
AzukiPolish
ازوگیUrdu
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