M’zab

M'zab is a limestone plateau in and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its collection of desert fortress-cities is exotic to the point of surrealism.
  • Region with an elevation of 506 metres (1,660 feet)
  • Description: Valley in the north of Algerian Sahara, in the Ghardaïa province
  • Also known as
    “Aghlan”
    “M’Zab Valley”
    “Msab”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of Ghardaïa.
The Pro-Cathedral of Ghardaïa, or simply Cathedral…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bounoura and Beni Isguen.

M’zab

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
32.482° or 32° 28′ 55″ north
Longitude
3.6649° or 3° 39′ 54″ east
Open location code
8F45FMJ7+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“M’zab” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مزاب”
  • Arabic: “مصاب”
  • Arabic: “منطقة ميزاب”
  • Arabic: “وادي ميزاب”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mzab”
  • Basque: “Mzab”
  • Belarusian: “Даліна Мзаб”
  • Belarusian: “Мзаб”
  • Bengali: “মা‘জাব”
  • Bengali: “মা’জাব”
  • Burmese: “အွမ်ဇက်ဘ်ဒေသ”
  • Catalan: “Mzab”
  • Chinese: “姆扎卜山谷”
  • Chinese: “莫查布山谷”
  • Croatian: “M’zab”
  • Czech: “Mzab”
  • Danish: “M’Zab dalen”
  • Danish: “M’Zab-dalen”
  • Dutch: “M’Zab vallei”
  • Dutch: “M’Zab”
  • Esperanto: “Mzab”
  • Finnish: “M’zabin laakso”
  • Finnish: “M’Zabin laakso”
  • French: “M’Zab”
  • French: “Msab”
  • French: “Mzab”
  • French: “Vallée du M’Zab”
  • Galician: “M’zab”
  • Georgian: “მზაბი”
  • German: “M’zab”
  • German: “Mzab”
  • Greek: “Κοιλάδα Μ’Ζαμπ”
  • Hausa: “M’zab”
  • Hebrew: “מזאב”
  • Hungarian: “Mzab-völgy”
  • Indonesian: “M’zab”
  • Indonesian: “Mzab”
  • Irish: “M’zab”
  • Italian: “M’Zab”
  • Italian: “Mzab”
  • Italian: “Valle di M’Zab”
  • Japanese: “ムザブ”
  • Japanese: “ムザブの谷”
  • Kabyle: “Mzab”
  • Kabyle: “Mẓab”
  • Lithuanian: “Mzabas”
  • Lithuanian: “Mzabo slėnis”
  • Maithili: “मजब”
  • Maltese: “M’zab”
  • Maltese: “Mzab”
  • Maltese: “Wied ta‘ M’zab”
  • Maltese: “Wied ta’ M’zab”
  • Nepali: “मजब”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “M’Zab-dalen”
  • Norwegian: “M’Zab-dalen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mzab”
  • Persian: “مزاب”
  • Polish: “Al-Mizab”
  • Polish: “M’Zab”
  • Polish: “Mzab”
  • Polish: “Wadi Mizab”
  • Polish: “Wadi Mzab”
  • Portuguese: “Mzab”
  • Portuguese: “Vale de M’Zab”
  • Romanian: “Valea uedului M’Zab”
  • Russian: “Долина Мзаб”
  • Russian: “Мзаб”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “M’zab”
  • Slovenian: “Dolina M’Zab”
  • Spanish: “M’zab”
  • Spanish: “Valle de M’Zab”
  • Swedish: “M’Zab-dalen”
  • Swedish: “M’Zab”
  • Swedish: “Mzab”
  • Turkish: “M’Zab”
  • Ukrainian: “Долина Мзаб”
  • Ukrainian: “Мзаб”
  • Venetian: “Mzab”
  • Vietnamese: “M’zab”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “M’zab”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bouhdiba and El Chaaba.

Saharan Algeria: Highlights

Learn more about Tamanrasset and Tindouf.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.