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| Location | Ouadane, Mauritania |
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| Coordinates | 20°55′N11°37′W / 20.917°N 11.617°W Coordinates: 20°55′N11°37′W / 20.917°N 11.617°W |
| Type | local museum |
| Collections | Lithic tools, sherds, Arabic manuscripts |
The Museum of Ouadane is a local museum in Ouadane, Mauritania. It is located in the old town of the World Heritage Site of Ouadane in a building called Maison des Armes. [1]
Its collections present elements from the Neolithic to the colonial period, with lithic materials, ceramics, Arabic manuscripts and maps, and rockets fired at Ouadane during the Western Sahara conflict as well as assorted ethnographic odds and ends. [2]
The museum is maintained by the Fondation Abidine Sidi pour la culture, le savoir et la protection du patrimoine Ouadane. At this time the museum is in disarray.
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Adrar is a large administrative region in Mauritania, named for the Adrar Plateau. The capital is Atar. Other major towns include Choum, Chinguetti and Ouadane. The region borders Western Sahara and the Mauritanian region of Tiris Zemmour to the north, Mali and the Mauritanian region of Hodh Ech Chargui to the east, the Mauritanian regions of Trarza and Tagant to the south and the Mauritanian region of Inchiri to the west.
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The following lists events in the year 2020 in Mauritania.
