Kiffa
| Kiffa كيفة |
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 One of the main streets. Man with a blue derra'a . |
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| State : |
 Mauritania
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| Region : | Assaba | ||
| Department: | Kiffa | ||
| Coordinates : | 16 ° 37 ′ N , 11 ° 25 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 127 meters above sea level | ||
| Residents : | 30,000 | ||
| Time zone : | GMT ( UTC ± 0 ) | ||
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Kiffa ( Arabic كيفة, DMG Kīfa ) is the provincial capital of the Assaba region in southern Mauritania .
The desert town on the northern edge of the Sahel zone has an airfield ( IATA code: KFA) with a 1600 meter runway.
The mosque and the market with handicrafts are interesting for tourists, especially the multicolored glass beads made of glass powder (Kiffa beads) . The color samples are applied as a mixture of glass powder and gum arabic and burned in over the fire.
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