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.
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  • Type: Region with an elevation of 506 metres
  • Description: Valley in the north of Algerian Sahara, in the Ghardaïa province
  • Also known as: Aghlan”, “M’Zab Valley”, “Msab”, “Mzab”, and “Mzab valley

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of Ghardaïa.

Church
The Pro-Cathedral of Ghardaïa, or simply Cathedral of Ghardaia, is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bounoura and Beni Isguen.

Town
is a town and commune in , . According to the 2008 census it has a population of 35,405, up from 27,775 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 2.5%.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood.

M’zab

Latitude
32.482° or 32° 28′ 55″ north
Longitude
3.6649° or 3° 39′ 54″ east
Elevation
506 metres (1,660 feet)
Open location code
8F45FMJ7+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 530564404
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
12110471
Wiki­data ID
Q724484
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Satellite Map

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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
  • 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

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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 Wikivoyage page “M’zab”. Photo: Daggett.fr, CC BY-SA 2.0.