Aoudaghost

Aoudaghost
Arabic: أودغست
Site of medieval town
Aoudaghost is located in Mauritania
Aoudaghost
Aoudaghost
Location in Mauritania
Coordinates: 17°25′N 10°25′W / 17.417°N 10.417°W / 17.417; -10.417
Country Mauritania
Trade routes of the Western Sahara c. 1000-1500. Goldfields are indicated by light brown shading: Bambuk, Bure, Lobi, and Akan.

Aoudaghost also transliterated as Awadaghust, Awdughast, Awdaghusht, Awdaghost, and Awdhaghurst (Arabic: أودغست) is a former Berber town in Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania.[1] It was an important oasis town at the southern end of a trans-Saharan caravan route that is mentioned in a number of early Arabic manuscripts. The archaeological ruins at Tegdaoust in southern Mauritania are thought to be the remains of the medieval town.

  1. ^ "Audaghost | historical town, Africa". Retrieved 2016-07-21.