Audagoste

thumb|right|305px|Trade routes of the Western Sahara c. 1000-1500. Goldfields are indicated by light brown shading: Bambouk|Bambuk, Bure, Lobi, and Akan. Aoudaghost also transliterated as Awadaghust, Awdughast, Awdaghusht, Awdaghost, and Awdhaghurst () is a former Berber town in Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania. It was an important oasis town at the southern end of a trans-Saharan caravan route that is mentioned in a number of early Arabic manuscripts. The archaeological ruins at Tegdaoust in southern Mauritania are thought to be the remains of the medieval town.

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Place details

Locality: Noudache قرية نودش
Region: Hodh El Gharbi الحوض الغربي
Country: Mauritanie موريتانيا
Population: 0

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Settlement.official_name: Aoudaghost
Settlement.settlement_type: Site of medieval town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mauritania
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Mauritania
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Mauritania

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Instance of: archaeological site
Country: Mauritania
Located in: Hodh El Gharbi
Time zone: UTC±00:00
Image: Aoudaghost.png..jpg
Height: 226

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heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site
Commons category: Aoudaghost

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Audagoste (Aoudaghost), também conhecida como Auadaguste (Awadaghust), Audugaste (Awdughast) e Auduguxte (Awdaghusht), foi um importante cidade-oásis da extremidade sul da rota caravaneira transaariana mencionado em alguns manuscritos árabes antigos. As ruínas descobertas em Tegdauste, no sul da Mauritânia, são cogitadas como o sítio desta cidade medieval.

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