Casbah des Ait Maouine ( ar, قصبة آيت معين) is a town in central-western

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

. It is located in the

Chinguetti Chinguetti () ( ar, شنقيط, translit=Šinqīṭ) is a ksar and a medieval trading center in northern Mauritania, located on the Adrar Plateau east of Atar. Founded in the 13th century as the center of several trans-Saharan trade routes, this ...

Department in the

Adrar Region Adrar ( ar, ولاية أدرار) is a large administrative region in Mauritania, named for the Adrar Plateau. The capital is Atar. Other major towns include Choum, Chinguetti and Ouadane. The region borders Western Sahara and the Mauritanian r ...

. Nearby towns and villages include Tentane (40.4 nm),

(48.1 nm),

Ksar el Khali Ksar el Khali ( ar, كصر الخالي) is a town in central-northern Mauritania. It is located in the Chinguetti Department in the Adrar Region Adrar ( ar, ولاية أدرار) is a large administrative region in Mauritania, named for the ...

(86.5 nm),

Ouadane , settlement_type = Commune and town , image_skyline = OuadaneOldTown1.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Old tower, Ouadane , image_flag = , im ...

(86.5 nm),

Ksar el Barka Ksar el Barka () are ruins in Mauritania. It was established in 1690 by the Kounta, who were from Ouadane. See also * Ksar Ksar or qsar (Maghrebi Arabic: wiktionary:قصر, قصر ''qṣer'' or ڭصر ''gser'', plural ''qṣur''; Berber l ...

(75.2 nm) and Rachid (62.4 nm).

External links

Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Mauritania Adrar Region {{Mauritania-geo-stub