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HISTORY The town of Tindouf was built near an isolated Saharan Oasis in 1852 by members of the Sahrawi Tajakant Tribe , but sacked and destroyed by Reguibat Sahrawis in 1895. It remained deserted until French troops arrived to the area in 1934. Since Algeria's Independence in 1962, the town has been purposely built up, partly because of its importance as a last outpost before the Moroccan , Sahrawi and Mauritania n borders, and partly because of the influx of large numbers of Refugee s from Western Sahara . In early 2006, it was the site of torrential flooding, destroying the homes of several thousand refugees The Algerian government provided massive aid to the displaced [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/3d61da8c22e71c9ce5ed7146b7d38dc1.htm . EXTERNAL LINKS |