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Chinguetti (/ʃɪŋˈɡɛti/ shing-GHET-ee; Arabic: شنقيط, romanized: Šinqīṭ) is a ksar and a
medieval trading center in
northern Mauritania,
located on the...
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
Chinguetti Mosque (Arabic: مسجد شنقيط, romanized: Masjid Shinqīṭ) is a
mosque in
Chinguetti,
Adrar Region, Mauritania. It...
- The
Chinguetti oilfield is an oil
field located off the
Mauritanian coast in 800 m
water depth. It was
discovered by the
Australian firm
Woodside Petroleum...
- The
Chinguetti meteorite is a find
reputed to come from a
large unconfirmed 'iron mountain' in Africa. The
existence of a huge stony-iron mesosiderite...
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Abdallah al-
Chinguetti, was a
Mauritanian jihadist and
commander of
Katiba Al
Furqan of the Al-Qaeda in the
Islamic Maghreb.
Chinguetti was born in 1981...
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commonly known to Arab
geographers as
Bilad Chinqit, "the land of the
Chinguetti". The term "Mauritanie occidentale" was
officially used in a ministerial...
- cities.
Chinguetti is 86 km from Atar, 90 km and 128 km from Ouadane,
along the
plateau track.
Regarded as the 7th Holy City of Islam,
Chinguetti was a...
- Tsabit, Tekorareen, and others. The
Saadians repeatedly tried to
control Chinguetti, and the most
prominent attempts were made
during the
reign of Sultan...
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Chinguetti is a
department of the
Adrar Region in Mauritania. The
capital lies at
Chinguetti, an ex-Middle Ages
center for
trade which is
considered to...
- cratériformes ou circulaires) in the area, Er Richât,
Aouelloul (south of
Chinguetti), Temimichat-Ghallaman and Tenoumer. It was
initially considered to be...
