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What to see and do — In Salah

In Salah (meaning "weeping spring" in Tuareg) is an ancestral oasis inhabited for 2,000 years. A mandatory stop on the trans-Saharan caravan route between Timbuktu and the Maghreb, it was frequented by Arab, Jewish and Kel Aïr Tuareg merchants. The red-mud ksour — Bardja, Foggaret Ezzaouïa, Mihan — date from the Middle Ages. The region came under Sufi influence in the 15th century. The French entered In Salah in 1900 (Foureau-Lamy mission), in a difficult battle against nomads. Under colonization, In Salah was a strategic stop of the motorized Trans-Saharan. At independence, it was attached to Tamanrasset. The gigantic In Salah gas field was discovered in the 1950s but exploited at large scale only since 2004 — making In Salah a major energy hub. The autonomous wilaya was created in 2019.

• 📍Bardja Ksar — Old fortified red-mud village, historic mosque, covered alleys
• 📍In Salah Palm Groves — Over 200,000 Deglet Nour palms irrigated by millennial foggaras
• 📍Desert Roses — Crystalline gypsum concretions found in surrounding dunes, prized souvenirs
• 📍Weeping Spring — Natural spring that gave its name to the town, Tuareg memorial site
• 📍Nearby Dunes — Orange dune seas at the oasis gates, legendary bivouacs and sunsets
• 📍El Atik Mosque — Historic ksar mosque, mud minaret typical of the central Sahara