Tifariti

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Tifariti
Tifariti (Western Sahara)
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Coordinates 26 ° 9 ′  N , 10 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 26 ° 9 ′  N , 10 ° 34 ′  W
Basic data
Country Western Sahara
ISO 3166-2 EH
height 290 m
Residents 3092 (2004)
politics
mayor Larabas Chemany (2010)
Political party POLISARIO
Tifariti (2005)
Tifariti (2005)

Tifariti ( Arabic تيفاريتي) is a city in Western Sahara and has been the de facto capital of the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic since 2011 . The city is located in the northeast of the area, east of the Moroccan Wall , about 140 kilometers from Smara and 15 kilometers north of the border with Mauritania . Unlike the de jure capital El Aaiún , Tifariti is located in the free zone of the Polisario Front . Tifariti is a little oasis in the hammada . In the vicinity of Tifariti there is an important archaeological site of the Neolithic.

history

North of Tifariti is a place called Rekeiz. There are many Precambrian rocks and caves there. The caves are home to hundreds of cave paintings known as "the Sahara Neolithic".

Tifariti was founded in 1960 as a barracks for the Spanish army. Tifariti has a university .

gallery

  • At the gates of Tifariti

  • Troop exercises 2005

  • Local hospital

Partnerships

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Levinus Nwabughiogu: Western Sahara: Buhari backs Western Sahara on self-determination From Morocco. In: Vanguard, on AllAfrica.com. March 12, 2016, accessed October 28, 2018 .
  2. ↑ http://milburn-stiftung.org/deutsch/archaeologiewestsahara/
  3. ↑ http://milburn-stiftung.org/deutsch/archaeologiewestsahara/
  4. ↑ Teresa Muñiz López: Los abrigos con pinturas rupestres de Erqueyez (Tifariti, Sáhara Occidental). Prospección arqueológica: diseño y resultados. In: (Revista electrónica) 'Arqueología y Territorio. No. 2, 2005 (Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Granada). Spanish.
  5. ↑ Historia de La Legión española: La infantería legendaria. De África a Afganistán
  6. ^ Cooperation agreement between University of Tifariti and Catholic University of Uruguay. In: Sahara Press Service. June 11, 2016, accessed October 28, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Carmona pone en marcha proyecto solidario para dar desayunar 300 ninos saharauis durante nueve meses. In: 20 minutes. March 23, 2015, accessed March 1, 2020 (Spanish).