Oualata | town, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Mauritania / Hud-as-Sarqi / Walatah /
 town, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Oualata or Walata (Arabic: ولاته‎) (also Biru in 17th century chronicles) is a small oasis town in south east Mauritania that was important as a caravan city in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries as the southern terminus of a trans-Saharan trade route. It is a World Heritage Site.
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Coordinates:   17°17'52"N   7°1'12"W