Known as Diy-gid-biy (or “place of chiefly residence”), these granite strongholds have been described as the most remarkable indigenous stone-built structures in sub-Saharan Africa outside the Horn and the southern African Zimbabwe complex.Photo credit Krishna NaudinCAMEROON: OVERVIEW...
Busan is a metropolitan city and port in South Korea. It is located at the southeast tip of the Korean peninsula.
In the 1920s highways were built, and routes serving population centres with in excess of 750 inhabitants were graveled. During the 1930s hinterland roads were improved through the use of New Deal work-relief and conservation funds. Growth of the highways abated during World War II but was ...
which is connected to the mainland by drawbridge. The larger eastern section of the port is used for foreign trade and the smaller western section for fishing. Construction on a new container port and distribution center, located slightly west of the original port, began in the late 1990s on ...