Ghost Town in Abkhazia – level 1

Ghost Town in Abkhazia

06-07-2022 15:00

Akamara is a town. People build it in the 1970s. It is a mining town. Around 5,000 people live there. There is a war in 1992 and 1993. Many people leave the town. Even more people leave in 2008.

Now, only 35 people live in Akamara. It is a ghost town. Trees grow out of buildings. There are animals in the streets. Nature is taking over.

Difficult words: mining town (a town where most people work in mines – get coal or something else from the ground), ghost town (an empty town – without people), take over (be the boss of something).

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