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Site Information
- UNESCO ID
- 188
- Category
- Cultural
- Country
- Algeria
- Inscribed
- 1982
- Coordinates
- 32.4872, 3.6814
- Area
- 6.7 km²
- Components
- 27
- Wikidata
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Selection Criteria
(ii)
(iii)
(v)
Criteria: (ii), (iii), (v)
Description
The M'zab, or Mzab (Mozabite: Aghlan, Arabic: مزاب, romanized: Mzāb), is a natural region of the northern Sahara Desert in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. It is located 600 km (370 mi) south of Algiers and has approximately 360,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate).
The M'zab is a limestone plateau, centred on the Wad M'zab (Oued Mzab) valley.
