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Must See Mauritania - Ouadâne

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Must See Mauritania

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The ruins of the ghost city of Ouadâne are dissolving into the hillside. It's surrounded by palms and desert, and arriving after a trip into the middle of nowhere, you wonder what possessed anyone to build a city here. Of course, it was on the lucrative caravan route. The crumbling old quarter, Le Ksar al Kiali, is surmounted by the somnolent new town.

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