Melika

E400265
historic town oasis settlement town

Melika is a historic oasis town in Algeria’s M’zab Valley, known for its traditional Ibadi Muslim community and distinctive Saharan architecture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Melika canonical 4
Melika (town) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town ⓘ
oasis settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ibadi architectural tradition ⓘ
Saharan vernacular architecture ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
culturalRegion M’zab ⓘ
foundedBy Ibadi Islam ⓘ
surface form: Ibadi community
governorateOrProvinceCapitalNearby Ghardaïa ⓘ
hasBuildingMaterial mudbrick ⓘ
plaster ⓘ
stone ⓘ
hasClimate hot desert climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity date palm cultivation ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
hasFeature adobe and stone buildings ⓘ
cemetery on a hilltop ⓘ
central mosque ⓘ
compact urban fabric ⓘ
defensive layout ⓘ
flat-roofed houses ⓘ
irrigated gardens ⓘ
narrow winding streets ⓘ
palm groves ⓘ
hasReligiousCommunity Ibadi Islam ⓘ
surface form: Ibadi Muslims
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "M’Zab Valley" ⓘ
knownFor Saharan architecture ⓘ
fortified urban layout ⓘ
traditional Ibadi Muslim community ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Mozabite Berber ⓘ
surface form: Mozabite (Tumzabt)
locatedIn Ghardaïa Province ⓘ
M’Zab Valley ⓘ
surface form: M’zab Valley

Sahara Desert ⓘ
locatedOn edge of an oasis ⓘ
partOf M’Zab Valley ⓘ
surface form: Pentapolis of the M’zab Valley

traditional Ibadi network of Saharan towns ⓘ
region Northern Sahara ⓘ
surface form: northern Sahara
religion Ibadi Islam ⓘ
religiousAffiliationMajority Ibadi Islam ⓘ
surface form: Ibadi
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1982 ⓘ
urbanForm hilltop ksar ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M’zab region of Algeria → contains → Melika ⓘ
subject surface form: M’zab region
M’Zab Valley → hasPart → Melika ⓘ
Ghardaïa Province → contains → Melika ⓘ
Ghardaïa Province → contains → Melika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melika (town)
Mozabite Berber → associatedWithCity → Melika ⓘ