Walata (Mauritania)
This small oasis town in southeast Mauritania was an important caravan city, the end of the trans-Saharan trade route, particularly in the 13th and 14th centuries.
- HMML ID
- 200479964946
- PURL
- LC name
- Oualâta (Mauritania)
- HMML name
- Walata (Mauritania)
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
- Getty
Variants
- Biru
- Ualata
- Walātah
- ولاتة
Place information
- Descriptor
- City
- Within places
- Geocoordinates
- 17.3014, -7.0256
General notes
- Description
- Oualata or Walata (Arabic: ولاته) (also Biru in 17th century chronicles); oasis town in southeast Mauritania; caravan city, southern terminus of trans-Saharan trade route in 13th and 14th centuries
- Citations
- "Oualata," Wikipedia, accessed October 6, 2021, https://perma.cc/2FUT-QBUR.
Preferred citation
"Walata (Mauritania)." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified October 06, 2021. https://w3id.org/haf/place/200479964946
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-10-06
- Last edited
- 2021-10-06