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Air, Africa - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | Agades, the capital of the country, which has a circuit of 31 m., is built on the edge of a plateau 250o ft. high, and is supposed to have been founded by the Berbers to serve as a secure magazine for their extensive trade with the Songhoi empire. |
 | | In former times Agades was a place of great traffic, and had a population of about 50,000. |
 | | The houses, which are built of clay, are low and flat-roofed; and the only buildings of importance are the chief mosque, which is surmounted by a tower 95 ft. high, and the sultan's residence, a massive two-storied structure pierced with small windows. |
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