M’Zab Valley

E400270

UNESCO World Heritage Site oasis settlement valley

M’Zab Valley is a historic oasis settlement in the Algerian Sahara renowned for its distinctive fortified towns and traditional Ibadi Berber architecture.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
M’zab Valley	8
Mzab Valley	2
M’Zab Valley canonical	2
Pentapolis of the M’zab	2
Mzab settlements	1
M’zab Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
Oued M’zab	1
Oued M’zab valley	1
Pentapolis of the M’zab Valley	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ oasis settlement ⓘ valley ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Ghardaïa ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Berber architecture ⓘ surface form: Ibadi Berber architecture vernacular earthen architecture ⓘ
buildingMaterial	rammed earth ⓘ stone ⓘ
climate	hot desert climate ⓘ
conservationIssues	modern construction impacts ⓘ urban pressure ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Algeria ⓘ
culturalRegion	Mzab-Wargla ⓘ surface form: Mzab
ethnicGroup	Berbers ⓘ
foundedBy	Ibadi Berbers ⓘ
hasPart	Beni Isguen ⓘ Bounoura ⓘ El Atteuf ⓘ Ghardaïa ⓘ Melika ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor	adobe architecture ⓘ fortified towns ⓘ oasis agriculture ⓘ traditional Ibadi Berber architecture ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Mozabite Berber ⓘ surface form: Mozabite
locatedIn	Ghardaïa Province ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ
notableFeature	central mosque dominating each town ⓘ concentric housing layout ⓘ defensive walls ⓘ palm groves ⓘ
numberOfHistoricKsour	5 ⓘ
partOf	Algerian Sahara ⓘ
periodOfMajorDevelopment	11th century ⓘ
region	Northern Sahara ⓘ surface form: northern Sahara
religiousCommunity	Ibadi Islam ⓘ surface form: Ibadi Muslims
roofType	flat roofs ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants	Mozabite Berber ⓘ surface form: Mozabites
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1982 ⓘ
urbanForm	compact hilltop settlements ⓘ fortified ksar ⓘ
waterManagement	traditional irrigation systems ⓘ
waterSource	underground aquifers ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

M’zab region of Algeria → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

subject surface form: M’zab region

Beni Isguen → locatedIn → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: M’zab Valley

Beni Isguen → partOf → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentapolis of the M’zab

Beni Isguen → UNESCOSite → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

Melika → locatedIn → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: M’zab Valley

Melika → partOf → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentapolis of the M’zab Valley

Bounoura → locatedIn → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: M’zab Valley

Bounoura → locatedInGeographicFeature → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oued M’zab valley

El Atteuf → partOf → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mzab settlements

Northern Sahara → hasPart → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mzab Valley

foggaras irrigation system → foundIn → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: M’zab Valley

Ghardaïa Province → contains → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: M’zab Valley

Ghardaïa Province → knownFor → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: M’zab Valley

Ghardaïa Province → heritageSite → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: M’zab Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site

Guerrara → culturalRegion → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mzab Valley

Ghardaïa → locatedInRegion → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: M’zab Valley

Ghardaïa → river → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oued M’zab

Ghardaïa → partOf → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentapolis of the M’zab

Ghardaïa → UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf → M’Zab Valley ⓘ

this entity surface form: M’zab Valley