M'zab
Sign in to saveThe '''M'zab, or Mzab' (Mozabite: Aghlan'', ), is a natural region of the northern Sahara Desert in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. It is located south of Algiers and has approximately 360,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate).
Key facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
- M'zab Valley
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image
- Panoramic view of Ksar Ghardaïa, Algeria 2006.jpg
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright
- 1.2
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.caption
- Panoramic view of Ghardaïa (Tagherdayt) with the dry bed of Wadi M'zab on the right side
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.location
- Ghardaïa Province, Algeria
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (ii), (iii), (v)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 188
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 1982
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin
- Algeria
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The '''M'zab, or Mzab' (Mozabite: Aghlan'', ), is a natural region of the northern Sahara Desert in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. It is located south of Algiers and has approximately 360,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate).
== Geology == The M'zab is a limestone plateau, centred on the Wad M'zab (Oued Mzab) valley.