Koumbi Saleh

archaeological site · 400 AD – 2099 AD

The ruined city of Koumbi Saleh in south-east Mauritania may have been the capital of the Ghana Empire.

Coordinates

15.76568, -7.96871

Also known as

Koumbi Salèh, Koumbi Salèh (en)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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