Tichitt
| Tichitt تيشيت |
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 Mauritania
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| Region : | Tagant | ||
| Department: | Tichitt | ||
| Coordinates : | 18 ° 27 ′ N , 9 ° 30 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | GMT ( UTC ± 0 ) | ||
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Tichitt (from the mazirischen ⵜⵉⵛⵉⵜ Ticit ; arabic تيشيت, DMG Tīšīt ) also Tichit, Tichite; is an old oasis town in the Tagant region at the foot of the Tagant Plateau in eastern Mauritania .
The place is about 250 kilometers east of Tidjikja . Founded around 1150, it was the trading center of Tagant in the 17th century and is known for its traditional stone houses. The main source of income is the date cultivation , there is also a small museum.
The city is since 1996 along with three other Mauritanian caravan cities, Ouadane , Chinguetti and Oualata , due to their Ksour to the site of the UNESCO - World Heritage declared.
literature
- Rainer Oßwald : The trading cities of the Western Sahara. The development of the Arab-Moorish culture of Šinqīṭ, Wādān, Tīšīt and Walāta (= Marburg studies on African and Asian studies. Series A: Africa. Vol. 39). Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-496-00853-9 (also: Tübingen, University, dissertation, 1986).
Web links
- Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
- Tichit: The living ghost of yesterday's glory. Looklex
- Augustin FC Holl: Time, Space, and Image Making: Rock Art from the Dhar Tichitt (Mauritania). In: African Archaeological Review. Vol. 19, No. 2, June 2002, pp. 75-118 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Center: Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata. Accessed August 21, 2017 .