Desertification in Mauritania

Mauritanie. Chinguetti. The city of Chinguetti is the fifth holy city of the Moslem religion. It is also a city threatened by sands of the desert and that empties of these inhabitants. The put to sleep city life on his past and seems to be populated only with women and children. Secondary school to Chinguetti.

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Mauritanie. Chinguetti. The city of Chinguetti is the fifth holy city of the Moslem religion. It is also a city threatened by sands of the desert and that empties of these inhabitants. The put to sleep city life on his past and seems to be populated only with women and children. Secondary school to Chinguetti.