Tagant

The Tagant is a sandstone plateau of the western Sahara, cut by dry valleys and steep escarpments. Wells and palm groves sustain oases among the rocks, while seasonal runoff gathers in low basins. The caravan towns of Tidjikja and Tichit grew in this country, connecting desert communities with routes towards the Maghreb and the western Sudan. Stone-built settlements on the plateau’s margins also preserve evidence of much older farming and pastoral societies.