Ghost town

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An ancient trading route across Africa dating perhaps to the XI Century CE. After a period of wealth and prosperity interacting with Portuguese it seems Ouadane was abandoned sometime in the XIX Century, perhaps because of a lack of water

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Size: 3334px × 4096px
Location: Mauritania, Ouadane
Photo credit: © Kim GORDON-BATES / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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