Subject: Morocco-Algeria<br/>
Date: Jan 08, 2004 @ 00:22<br/>
Author: Doug Murray (Doug Murray &lt;doug@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1506887348">I am trying to track down some information on a ghost town on the <br/>
Algeria-Morocco frontier.  Here is what I know from a friend of mine:<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;&gt; ...  The ghost town in the Sahara was called Tmardanit, or so our <br/>
&gt;&gt; guides told us. It’s located in an area of desert known as the <br/>
&gt;&gt; Merdani (just east of the Erg Chebbi dunes). It is several miles west <br/>
&gt;&gt; of a tiny town called Merzouga which is just south of a larger town <br/>
&gt;&gt; called Erfoud (just below the 32ndparallel on the Morroco/Algerian <br/>
&gt;&gt; border).  I know the mayor of Merzouga and he would be a natural font <br/>
&gt;&gt; of information on what happened in that area in the 40s and 50s.  <br/>
&gt;&gt; Bedouin sometimes still visit the abandoned villages.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Does anyone have anything to add?<br/>
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Cheers!<br/>
<br/>
Doug</div>