Tidjikja () is the capital of the
Tagant region of central
Mauritania, lying on the
Tagant plateau
The Tagant Plateau is located in eastern Mauritania, forming a stony part of the Sahara Desert. The Tagant Region, a national administrative division, is named after the plateau.
Geography
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. Founded in 1680, it has a population of around 11,000 people.
The town is known for its
palm tree
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s and its
vernacular architecture
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. The town is also home to an
airport
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. It is the birthplace of
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
Lt. Col. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly ( ar, محمد محمود ولد أحمد لولي; 1 January 1943 – 16 March 2019) was the President of Mauritania
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, who served as
President
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.
The city annually welcomes hundreds of tourists from all over Mauritania for the Date Festival. It is marked by its stands, concerts and recreational evenings. Several tents are set up in the large Bathaa of Tidjidkja, each of which is reserved for a theme linked to oasis life (agricultural popularization, traditional medicine of Ehel Maghary, exhibition of dates ...). The city is famous for its delicious dates. An NGO called 'Association for the Safeguarding of the Ghadima (ASG) was approved by the Ministry of the Interior by decree n ° 230 MID of August 30, 2017, since it has been working on the restoration of the heritage and the conservation of the old Ksar.
Nearby towns and villages include
Moudjeria
Moudjeria is a town and commune in the Tagant Region of southern-central Mauritania, founded in 1934 as an administrative post by the French.Moustapha Sidatt, « Introduction à l’Histoire du plateau du Tagant », In ''Conservación y desarrol ...
(65.8 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 ...
(46.4 nm),
Rachid (21.3 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
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(143.4 nm),
Ouadane (143.4 nm),
Boumdeit
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
(67.1 nm) and
Serotandi (46.0 nm).
Tagant Region
Regional capitals in Mauritania
Communes of Mauritania
Populated places established in 1680
1680 establishments in Africa
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