Ksar el Barka
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Ksar el Barka are ruins of a town in central Mauritania
. The town was founded in 1690 by the Kounta
tribe.
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
. The town was founded in 1690 by the Kounta
Kunta family
The Kunta family is among the best-known examples of a lineage of Islamic scholarship with widespread influence throughout Mauritania, Senegambia, and other parts of the Western Sudan....
tribe.