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Know about a ghost town in Africa abandoned since 50 years

New Delhi: Kolmanskop in Namibia was founded in 1908 when a railway worker, Zacharias Lewala discovered a diamond in this place and showed it to his supervisor, who then got the gem tested and approved.After

India TV News Desk Published : Dec 25, 2013 22:15 IST, Updated : Sep 04, 2014 6:33 IST

 



But as the price of diamonds began to drop after World War One the town began to deteriorate, particularly after richer diamonds were found further south and it was abandoned in 1954.

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