Tichit

Tichit lies at the foot of the Tagant escarpment, beside the dry basins of the western Sahara. Its stone houses and mosque form an old caravan settlement, sustained by wells and date palms. Salt collected from crusts in the nearby basins was exchanged with herders, while routes across the desert connected Tichit with other oasis towns and the southern markets. Its inhabitants combined oasis cultivation, trade and Islamic learning in a landscape of rock, sand and seasonal water.