Kolmanskop, Namibia


Located in Southern Namibia, and a few kilometers inland to the port of Lüderitz, Kolmanskop was a town established to meet the needs of people drawn to the diamond rush of 1908. It had schools, hospitals and even a casino but following the First World War the demand for diamond dropped and by 1950, the town was deserted only to be engulfed by the sand dunes.

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