Tidjikja
Sign in to saveTidjikja () is the capital of the Tagant region of central Mauritania, lying on the Tagant plateau. Founded in 1680, it has a population of around 11,000 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tidjikja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tidjikja,marketstreet.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A market street in the old town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mauritania
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mauritania
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Mauritania
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tagant
- Settlement.established_date
- 1602
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015 estimate
- Settlement.population_total
- 15532
- Settlement.timezone
- 0 GMT
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 321
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Tidjikja () is the capital of the Tagant region of central Mauritania, lying on the Tagant plateau. Founded in 1680, it has a population of around 11,000 people.
The town is known for its palm trees and its vernacular architecture. The town is also home to an airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tidjikja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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