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Encyclopedia Britannica



WARGLA

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 325 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VIR-WAT
WARGLA , a town in the Algerian Sahara, 175 m. S.W. of Biskra on the caravan route to the Niger countries, and a starting-point for the exploration of the southern
part
  of the Sahara. Pop. (1906) 3579, the
majority
  of mixed Berber and negro blood. The town is walled and is entered by six gateways, which are fortified. The French fort, barracks,
hospital
 
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and other buildings are
south
  of the native town. Wargla lies in an
oasis
  containing many palm trees. It claims to be the oldest town in the Sahara, and was for a
long
  time self-governing, but eventually placed itself under the
protection
  of the sultan of Morocco. The sultan, however, had ceased to have any power in the town some time previous to the French occupation. Wargla was first occupied for the French in 1853 by native allies, but it was not until 1872 that the authority. of France was definitely established. The importance of the town as a trans-Saharan
trade
  centre has greatly declined since the suppression of slave-trading by the French. The
oasis
  in which Wargla is situated contains two or three other small fortified ksurs or villages, the largest and most picturesque being Ruissat. The
total
  population of the oasis is about 12,000.


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