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Mali Repro Postcard A Taoudenni Salt Miner Mine Mining John Evans Desert Man RGS

Publisher: Royal Geographical Society Picture Library 1 Kensington Gore London SW7 2AR
Series No: RGS13
Background: Taoudenni (also Taoudeni, Taoudénit, Taudeni, Berber: Tawdenni) is a remote salt mining center in the desert region of northern Mali, 664 km (413 mi) north of Timbuktu. The salt is dug by hand from the bed of an ancient salt lake, cut into slabs and transported either by truck or by camel to Timbuktu.

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