Terjit
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Terjit () is an oasis (in the proper sense: a desert spring or other water source), 45km by road south of Atar and popular with tourists in Mauritania. It nestles in a gorge on the western edge of the Adrar plateau with the palm grove stretching a few hundred meters alongside a stream which emerges from a spring. Terjit is part of the commune of Maaden in the Aoujeft Department.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Adrar region, Oases of Africa and Populated places in Mauritania.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Terjit
- Settlement.other_name
- Tergit
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Oasis
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Oasis de Tergit (02).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The oasis of Terjit
- 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_name
- 25px Mauritania
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Adrar Region
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +0
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Mauritania
- Located in
- Maaden
- Image
- Oasis de Tergit (02).jpg
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- Commons category
- Tergit
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Encyclopedic overview
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Terjit () is an oasis (in the proper sense: a desert spring or other water source), 45km by road south of Atar and popular with tourists in Mauritania. It nestles in a gorge on the western edge of the Adrar plateau with the palm grove stretching a few hundred meters alongside a stream which emerges from a spring. Terjit is part of the commune of Maaden in the Aoujeft Department.
There is a modest fee to enter, and tourists can pay to stay in tents in the palm grove. It is often used for tourism for its charm, fresh water and shade.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Terjit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations