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Wargla
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Wargla see Ouargla , Algeria.
Author not available, WARGLA.,
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press
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Ouargla
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... who were fleeing religious persecution. It became a small city-state which, from the 16th cent., paid tribute to the Turks. The town was conquered by French forces in 1853. It has a museum of Sahara desert life. An alternate spelling is Wargla.
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