List of ghost towns

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The following is a partial list of ghost towns.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

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[edit] Australia

See also: :Category:Ghost towns in Australia

[edit] Bulgaria

[edit] Cambodia

[edit] Canada

Main article: List of ghost towns in Canada

[edit] Chile

[edit] China

[edit] Cyprus

[edit] Faroe Islands

[edit] Finland

  • Jussarö, an old village near the Jussarö mines

[edit] France

Six of the French villages destroyed in World War I have never been rebuilt. All are found in the département of Meuse, and were destroyed during the Battle of Verdun in 1916:

Oradour-sur-Glane was destroyed by a Waffen-SS battalion during World War II and its population massacred. The village was subsequently rebuilt nearby, but the ruins of the old village have been preserved.

[edit] Guyana

  • Jonestown, created by cult leader Jim Jones. On November 18, 1978, he conducted a mass suicide with his cult, resulting in 913 of the 1,110 inhabitants dead.

[edit] Hungary

  • Derenk, in north-east Hungary, was depopulated between 1938-1943, so that the surrounding area could be used as hunting grounds for Admiral Horthy, regent of Hungary.

[edit] India

[edit] Iraq

[edit] Iran

[edit] Ireland

[edit] Italy

[edit] Ivory Coast

[edit] Japan

[edit] México

[edit] Montserrat

[edit] Namibia

[edit] The Netherlands

[edit] Norway

[edit] Pakistan

  • Amri (Fortified town between 3600 to 3300 BC)
  • Chanhudaro (Settlement between 4000-1700 BC)
  • Ganeriwala (Urban center around 3000 BC)
  • Harappa (Fortified city between 3300-1600 BC)
  • Kot Diji (Ancient site about 3000 BC)
  • Mehrgarh (Ancient settlement around 7000 BC)
  • Mohenjo Daro (Ancient city about 2600-1700 BC)
  • Sokhta Koh (Harappan settlement around 2600-1900 BC)
  • Takht Bhai (Remains of a famous Buddhist monastery from the 1st century CE)

[edit] Poland

[edit] Russia

historical that do not exist

[edit] Saudi Arabia

[edit] Antarctica and sub-Antarctic islands

[edit] South Georgia

[edit] Spain

  • Belchite, Zaragoza, Aragón
  • Llombai in the Vall de Gallinera, Alicante
  • Ochate, Condado de Treviño, Burgos, Castilla y León
  • La Cornudilla, Valencia
  • Fiscal, Towns of Lacort, Jánovas and more in the region called "Solana de Fiscal" - Huesca (Aragón)
  • Pernui in Sort, Lleida, Cataluña

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Turkmenistan

[edit] Ukraine

  • Chernobyl (nuclear reactor disaster in 1986)
  • Pripyat (nuclear reactor disaster in 1986)
  • Kopachi - scraped town (nuclear reactor disaster in 1986)

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States

Main article: List of ghost towns in the United States

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Changes in the names and number of settlements in Bulgaria in 2008, Geography Journal, 1/2009 (in Bulgarian)
  2. ^ Visit Achill - Deserted Village at Slievemore, Achill, Co Mayo, Ireland
  3. ^ http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townfirst5435.html

[edit] External links

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