Ouadane
Sign in to savethumb|Topographic map of Ouadane and the Richat Structure thumb|right|250px|Trade routes of the Western Sahara desert c. 1000–1500. Goldfields are indicated by brown shading.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ouadane
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- OuadaneOldTown1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Old tower, Ouadane
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mauritania
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mauritania
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mauritania
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Adrar Region
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 118,210
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,833
- Settlement.population_density_sq_mi
- auto
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 407
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thumb|Topographic map of Ouadane and the Richat Structure thumb|right|250px|Trade routes of the Western Sahara desert c. 1000–1500. Goldfields are indicated by brown shading.
Ouadane or Wādān () is a small town in the desert region of central Mauritania, situated on the southern edge of the Adrar Plateau, northeast of Chinguetti. The town was a staging post in the trans-Saharan trade and for caravans transporting slabs of salt from the mines at Idjil.