List of ghost towns by country
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The following is a list of ghost towns.
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Antarctica and sub-Antarctic islands
- Deception Island, a Chilean-Norwegian whaling settlement.
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South Georgia
- Grytviken, a Norwegian whaling settlement on the United Kingdom territory of South Georgia
- Husvik
- Leith Harbour
- Ocean Harbour
- Prince Olav Harbour
- Stromness
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Argentina
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Australia
- Ballara, Queensland
- Betoota, Queensland
- Big Bell, Western Australia, Western Australia
- Boydtown, New South Wales was originally settled and then abandoned in the 1840s. It remained abandoned until the 1930s. It is now a growing town with commercial and residential developments.
- Broad Arrow, north of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
- Cassilis, Victoria
- Cook, South Australia
- Copperfield, Queensland
- Cossack, Western Australia
- Crotty, Tasmania
- Farina, South Australia
- Glen Davis, New South Wales
- Goldsworthy, Western Australia
- Gwalia, north of Kalgoorlie and 4 km south of Leonora, Western Australia
- Hill End, New South Wales was never fully abandoned and is now a popular tourist town.
- Iron Baron, South Australia was a former mining town.
- Jay Creek, Northern Territory
- Joadja, near Mittagong, New South Wales
- Kanowna, near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
- Kiandra, New South Wales
- Linda, Tasmania
- Malcolm, Western Australia, east of Leonora, Western Australia
- Mary Kathleen, Former mining town, 55 km from Mount Isa and 62 km from Cloncurry
- Maytown,_Queensland, in the Palmer River goldfields, Queensland
- Moliagul, 202 km north west from Melbourne, Victoria
- Mount Britton, Queensland
- Mount Mulligan, Queensland
- Nannine, Western Australia
- Newnes, New South Wales
- Old Tallangatta, Victoria, most of the township was moved 5 miles west due to the enlargement of Lake Hume. The current township of Tallangatta has approximately 1,000 residents.
- Ophir, New South Wales
- Ora Banda, Western Australia
- Pillinger, Tasmania
- Silverton, near Broken Hill New South Wales
- Tarcoon, New South Wales
- Walhalla, Victoria in the Baw Baw mountains. The town was never fully abandoned and has now become a popular tourist town.
- Western Tyers, Victoria
- Wittenoom, Western Australia
- Yerranderie, in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales
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Azerbaijan
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Bulgaria
- Dragostin, Gotse Delchev municipality<ref name="iit">Changes in the names and number of settlements in Bulgaria in 2008, Geography Journal, 1/2009 (in Bulgarian)</ref>
- Sredna, Gotse Delchev municipality<ref name="iit"/>
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Cambodia
- Angkor Wat and vicinity [1]
- Bokor Hill Station
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Canada
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Chile
- Chaitén
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
- Puerto Hambre (also called Port Famine or literally Port of Hunger)
- Sewell, Chile
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China
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Costa Rica
- Cinchona (Sarapiquí, Alajuela), destroyed by a 6.2 earthquake on January 8th, 2009. 25 people dead, 5 missing.
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Cyprus
- Varosha (Famagusta), region of Famagusta
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Belgium
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Faroe Islands
- Blankskáli, Kalsoy
- Fossá, Borðoy
- Múli, Borðoy
- Skarð, Kunoy
- Skarvanes, Sandoy
- Skálatoftir, northwesternmost village on Borðoy
- Slættanes, Vágar
- Strond, north of Ánir
- Víkar, Vágar
- Víkarbyrgi, Suðuroy
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Finland
- Jussarö, an old village near the Jussarö mines
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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:
- Beaumont-en-Verdunois
- Bezonvaux
- Cumières-le-Mort-Homme
- Fleury-devant-Douaumont
- Haumont-près-Samogneux
- Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre
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.
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Germany
- Bardowiek, now part of a National Park in Germany.
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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.
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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.
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India
- Bangarh
- Daulatabad
- Dhanushkodi
- Dholavira
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Gaur
- Hampi
- Lakhpat
- Lothal
- Mandu
- Old Goa
- Pandua
- Pavagadh
- Ross island (Andaman)
- Somnathpur
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Iraq
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Iran
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Ireland
- Slievemore(Sliabh Mór)<ref>Visit Achill - Deserted Village at Slievemore, Achill, Co Mayo, Ireland</ref>
- Scattery Island
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Iceland
- Suðavik (Old)
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Italy
- Avi, Piemonte
- Bussana Vecchia, Liguria
- Melito Vecchio (Old Melito), Avellino, Campania
- Campomaggiore (Potenza)
- Civita di Bagnoregio, Lazio
- Connio Vecchio (Old Connio), Piemonte
- Consonno (Olginate, Lecco)
- Craco (Matera)
- Argentiera (Sassari, Sardinia)
- Pentedattilo, Calabria
- Poggioreale, Sicily
- Rivarossa, Piemonte
- Roghudi Vecchio (Old Roghudi), Calabria
- Tocco Caudio, Benevento, Campania
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Ivory Coast
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Japan
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México
- Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí
- San Antonio de la Iguana, Nuevo León, Lat 26° 53' 60N, Long 100° 13' 0W
- San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacán Abandoned due to Paricutin volcano
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Montserrat
- Plymouth
- St. Patrick's
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Namibia
- Kolmanskop and Elizabeth Bay old Diamond mining town
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New Zealand
- Te Wairoa, also called 'The Buried Village', a small Māori village that was destroyed by The Eruption of Mount Tarawera.
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Norway
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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)
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Poland
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Russia
- Mangazeya
- Tmutarakan excavated town (not really ghost town)
- Historical towns whose existences have not been proven
- Atil - exact location is unknown, Dmitri Vasilyev of Astrakhan State University believes that he might have found either Atil or Saqsin
- Ksnyatin (submerged under the Uglich Reservoir)
- Mologa (submerged under the Rybinsk Reservoir)
- Sarai Berke - exact location is unknown, known that used to be 10 times larger than London in the 14th century
- Sarkel (submerged under the Tsimlyansk Reservoir)
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Saudi Arabia
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Spain
- Belchite, Zaragoza, Aragón
- La Cornudilla, Valencia
- Erillcastell, near El Pont de Suert, Catalonia
- Esperan, near El Pont de Suert, Catalonia
- Llombai in the Vall de Gallinera, Alicante
- Ochate, Condado de Treviño, Burgos, Castilla y León
- Fiscal, Towns of Lacort, Jánovas and more in the region called "Solana de Fiscal" - Huesca (Aragón)
- Peranera, near El Pont de Suert, Catalonia
- Pernui in Sort, Lleida, Cataluña
- Viuet, near El Pont de Suert, Catalonia
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Taiwan
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Turkey
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Turkmenistan
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Ukraine
- Chernobyl (nuclear reactor disaster in 1986)
- Pripyat (nuclear reactor disaster in 1986)
- Kopachi - scraped town (nuclear reactor disaster in 1986)
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United Kingdom
- Ashopton, Derbyshire (under reservoir)
- Derwent, Derbyshire (under reservoir)
- Bothwellhaugh, North Lanarkshire (Under Strathclyde Loch)<ref>Overview of Bothwellhaugh</ref>
- Buckenham Tofts, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
- Dunwich, Suffolk (under the sea)
- Hallsands, Devon (destroyed by a storm in 1917)
- Imber, Wiltshire (taken over by Army in 1943)
- Knaptoft, Leicestershire (deserted in Seventeenth Century)
- Lynford, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
- Martinsthorpe, Rutland
- Nether Hambleton and Middle Hambleton, Rutland (both under reservoir)
- North Rona, a remote island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland (evacuated in 1844)
- Saint Kilda, an island off Scotland (evacuated in 1930)
- Shipden, Norfolk (under the sea)
- Stanford, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
- Sturston, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
- Tide Mills, East Sussex
- Tottington, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
- Tyneham, Dorset (taken over by Army in 1943)
- West Tofts, Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
- Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire (Deserted Medieval Village)
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United States
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See also
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