Bounoura
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Bounoura is a historic town in Algeria’s M’zab Valley, known for its traditional Ibadi Muslim community and distinctive Saharan architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bounoura canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commune
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Ghardaïa Province ⓘ |
| climate | hot desert climate ⓘ |
| country | Algeria ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Mozabite cultural area ⓘ |
| governingCountryCapital | Algiers ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Saharan architecture
ⓘ
traditional Mozabite architecture ⓘ |
| hasBuildingMaterial |
mudbrick
ⓘ
rammed earth ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
oasis agriculture
ⓘ
small-scale commerce ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Mozabite Berber
ⓘ
surface form:
Mozabite Berbers
|
| hasHeritageType |
Islamic urban heritage
ⓘ
Saharan oasis heritage ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Mozabite Berber ⓘ |
| hasReligiousCommunity |
Ibadi Islam
ⓘ
surface form:
Ibadi Muslims
|
| hasReligiousInstitution | Ibadi mosques ⓘ |
| hasReligiousLawTradition | Ibadi jurisprudence ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | oasis town ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalFeature |
compact fortified urban layout
ⓘ
earthen architecture ⓘ mosque-centered neighborhood structure ⓘ narrow winding streets ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | road links to Ghardaïa ⓘ |
| hasUrbanCharacteristic |
adobe and stone construction
ⓘ
dense traditional housing blocks ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive Saharan architecture
ⓘ
historic urban fabric ⓘ traditional Ibadi Muslim community ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
M’Zab Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
M’zab Valley
|
| locatedInAdministrative | Ghardaïa Province ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubregion | central Algeria ⓘ |
| locatedInGeographicFeature |
M’Zab Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Oued M’zab valley
|
| locatedInNorthernPartOf | Algerian Sahara ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Sahara Desert ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Ghardaïa ⓘ |
| partOf |
M’zab
ⓘ
historic M’zab settlements ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Ibadi Islam ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +1 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
M’zab region