Erg Chigaga

M'Hamid is a small village in region of , 98 km after Zagora, one of the two places in Morocco where Sahara begins. It is "the end of the road", after it is only sands of , shepherds and caravan trails.
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  • Type: Sand
  • Description: Moroccan erg
  • Also known as: “Erg Chegaga” and “Erg Chigaga ⵉⴷⵀⴰⵏ ⵏ ⵛⵉⴳⴰⴳⴰ عرق شقاق”

Erg Chigaga

Latitude
29.84115° or 29° 50′ 28″ north
Longitude
-6.28438° or 6° 17′ 4″ west
Open location code
7CXMRPR8+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225179090
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­sand
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q15615066
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Erg Chigaga” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الضاية الحمراء‎”
  • Arabic: “عرق الشقاق”
  • Arabic: “عرق شقاق”
  • Czech: “erg Chegaga”
  • Czech: “erg Chigaga”
  • Czech: “erg Šegaga”
  • Czech: “erg Šigaga”
  • Czech: “Erg Šigaga”
  • French: “Erg Chegaga”
  • French: “Erg Chigaga”
  • German: “Erg Chegaga”
  • Italian: “Erg Chegaga”
  • Italian: “Erg Chigaga”
  • Russian: “Эрг-Шигага”
  • Spanish: “Dunas de Chigaga”
  • Spanish: “Erg Chigaga”

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