At one time it is thought that Awienat was an ancient qasr left to ruin, the French explorer Duveyrier attributed its construction to the Garamentes.

A lost oasis with an only great tree in the middle where a water spring of considerable volume rises (from a basin of approx 4 mtrs long x 1.5 mtrs wide), from the surprisingly ( if somewhat salty ), fertile ground. The then smaller water canals flowed to irrigate the crops of cereals grown at that time. Hence the reason why the Arabs called this place Al Awinat ( the springs ).