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Oualata (
Arabic: ولاته) is a town in south east
Mauritania. It is believed to have been first settled by an agro-pastoral people akin to the
Mandé Soninke who lived along the rocky promontories of the Tichitt-Oualata and Tagant cliffs of Mauritania. There, they built what are among the oldest stone settlements on the
African continent. The modern city was founded in the
eleventh century, when it was part of the
Ghana Empire. It was destroyed in
1076 but refounded in
1224, and again became a major
trading post for
trans-Saharan trade and an important centre of
Islamic scholarship.
Today, Oualata is home to a
manuscript museum, and is known for its highly decorative
vernacular architecture. It is also a
World Heritage Site.
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