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Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan

Trade route stop, Afghanistan.

About Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan

Town in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.1

Where next

Mines

Worked atSar-e-Sang lapis lazuli minesSar-e-Sang, Badakhshan lies close to Sar-e-Sang lapis lazuli mines.1

Places

ExamplesTimbuktuAnother trade-route town, in Afghanistan: Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan.2

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q941919 (Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan)
  2. Wikidata item Q9427 (Timbuktu)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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