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Salt harvested from this lake used to be one of the island's major exports, being collected by donkeys, carried to the edge of the lake and piled up into huge pyramidal heaps. With rising labour costs harvesting dwindled to a negligible amount and stopped altogether in 1986[1] as the island imports most of this commodity.
Aerial photo of the Larnaca Salt Lake (in winter) with Hala Sultan Tekke (Source)^ Hadjisterkotis, E.; M. Charalambides, (September 30, 2005). "The first evidence for the breeding of the Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber on Cyprus (Erster Brutnachweis des Flamingos Phoenicopterus ruber auf Zypern)". Zeitschrift für Jagdwissenschaft 48 (Supplement 1): 72-76. DOI:10.1007/BF02192394. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
Tomb and Mosque of Umm Haram, the maternal aunt of the Prophet Mohammed, one of the most important Muslim shrines in the world.
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