ksar

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I-n-Salah

  • Ksar (walled village) at I-n-Salah, Algeria
    In I-n-Salah

    …red or violet clay brick ksars (walled villages), each with a citadel. Of these, the Ksar el-Arab oasis is inhabited by an entirely black African group. Palm groves and fruit and vegetable gardens surround the villages, irrigated by artesian wells and protected by hedges from the encroaching sand. Southwest of…

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