List of ghost towns
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The following is a partial '''list of [[ghost towns]].'''
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=== [[Australia]] ===
{{see also|:Category:Ghost towns in Australia}}
*[[Big Bell, Western Australia]]
*[[Boydtown, New South Wales]]; Originally settled and then abandoned in the 1840s. Remained abandoned until the 1930s. It is now a growing town with commercial and residential developments.
*[[Broad Arrow, Western Australia|Broad Arrow]], north of [[Kalgoorlie, Western Australia|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, Western Australia|Gwalia]], north of Kalgoorlie, and 4 km south of [[Leonora, Western Australia|Leonora]] (Western Australia)
*[[Hill End, New South Wales]]; Never fully abandoned, now a popular tourist town.
*[[Jay Creek, Northern Territory]]
*[[Joadja, New South Wales|Joadja]] near [[Mittagong]]
*[[Kanowna, Western Australia|Kanowna]], near Kalgoorlie (Western Australia)
*[[Kiandra, New South Wales]]
*[[Linda, Tasmania]]
*[[Malcolm, Western Australia|Malcolm]], east of Leonora (Western Australia)
*[[Mary Kathleen, Queensland]],55 km from Mt Isa and 62 km from Cloncurry(Queensland)
*[[Maytown, Queensland]], in the [[Palmer River goldfields]] (Queensland)
*[[Moliagul, Victoria]], 202 km north west from [[Melbourne]]
*[[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 1000 residents.
*[[Ophir, New South Wales]]
*[[Ora Banda, Western Australia]]
*[[Pillinger, Tasmania]]
*[[Ravenswood, Queensland]]
*[[Silverton, New South Wales|Silverton]], near [[Broken Hill, New South Wales]]
*[[Tarcoon, New South Wales]]
*[[Walhalla, Victoria|Walhalla]], in the [[Baw Baw]] mountains (Victoria)
*[[Western Tyers, Victoria]]
*[[Wittenoom, Western Australia]]
*[[Yerranderie, New South Wales|Yerranderie]] in the [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]], [[New South Wales]]
===[[Belgium]]===
*Oosterweel, near [[Antwerp]]
*Lillo, near [[Antwerp]]
*[[Oorderen]], near [[Antwerp]]
*[[Wilmarsdonk]],near [[Antwerp]]
*[[Doel]], near [[Antwerp]]
===[[Cambodia]]===
* [[Angkor Wat]] and vicinity [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2148132,00.html]
===[[Canada]]===
{{main|List of ghost towns in Canada}}
===[[Chile]]===
*[[Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works]]
*[[Puerto Hambre]] (also called ''Port Famine'')
*[[Sewell, Chile]]
===[[China]]===
*[[Niya (Tarim Basin)|Niya]]
===[[Cyprus]]===
*[[Varosha (Famagusta)]], region of [[Famagusta]]
===[[Faroe Islands]]===
*[[Blankskáli]], [[Kalsoy]]
*[[Fossá]], [[Borðoy]]
*[[Múli]], Borðoy
*[[Skarð]], [[Kunoy]]
*[[Skarvanes]], [[Sandoy]]
*[[Skálatoftir]], northwesternmost village on Borðoy
*[[Slættanes]], [[Vágar]]
*[[Strond]], north of [[Ánir]]
*[[Víkar, Faroe Islands|Víkar]], Vágar
*[[Víkarbyrgi]], [[Suðuroy]]
===[[Finland]]===
*[[Jussarö]], an old village near the Jussarö mines
===[[France]]===
Six of the [[French villages destroyed in the First World War]] have never been rebuilt. All are found in the ''[[département in France|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 the [[World War II|Second World War]] and its population massacred. The village was subsequently rebuilt nearby, but the ruins of the old village have been preserved.
===[[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.
===[[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]].
===[[India]]===
*[[Daulatabad]]
*[[Dholavira]]
*[[Fatehpur Sikri]]
*[[Gaur]]
*[[Hampi]]
*[[Lakhpat]]
*[[Lothal]]
*[[Mandu]]
*[[Old Goa]]
*[[Pandua]]
*[[Pavagadh]]
*[[Ross island (Andaman)]]
*[[Somnathpur]]
===[[Iraq]]===
*[[Babylon]]
===[[Iran]]===
*[[Soltaniyeh]]
*[[Choqa Zanbil]]
===[[Ireland]]===
*[[Slievemore]](Sliabh Mór) <ref>[http://www.visitachill.com/en/desertedvillage.html Visit Achill - Deserted Village at Slievemore, Achill, Co Mayo, Ireland<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
===[[Italy]]===
*[[Bussana Vecchia, Liguria|Bussana Vecchia]], [[Liguria]]
*Melito Vecchio (''Old Melito''), [[Avellino]], [[Campania]]
*[[Consonno]] ([[Olginate]], [[Lecco]])
*[[Craco]] ([[Matera]])
*[[Poggioreale]], [[Sicily]]
*[[Tocco Caudio]], [[Benevento]], [[Campania]]
===Ivory Coast===
*[[Grand Bassam]]
===[[Japan]]===
* [[Hashima Island]]
===[[México]]===
*[[Real de Catorce]], [[San Luis Potosí]]
*[[San Antonio de la Iguana]], [[Nuevo León]], Lat 26° 53' 60N, Long 100° 13' 0W
*[[Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro|San Juan Parangaricutiro]], [[Michoacan]] Abandoned due to [[Paricutin]] [[volcano]]
===[[Montserrat]]===
*[[Plymouth, Montserrat|Plymouth]]
*St. Patrick's
===[[Namibia]]===
* [[Kolmanskop]] and [[Elizabeth Bay (Ghost Town)|Elizabeth Bay]] old Diamond mining town
===[[The Netherlands]]===
*[[Schokland]]
===[[Norway]]===
*[[Pyramiden]], a [[Russia]]n settlement on [[Svalbard]]
===[[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)
===Poland===
*[[Kłomino]]
===[[Russia]]===
*[[Atil]]
*[[Ksnyatin]]
*[[Mangazeya]]
*[[Mologa, Russia|Mologa]]
*[[Sarai Berke]] - said to be 10 times larger than [[London]] in the 14th century
*[[Sarkel]]
*[[Sviyazhsk]]
*[[Tmutarakan]]
===[[Saudi Arabia]]===
* [[Albaten]]
* [[Najd (town)|Najd]]
* [[Shaqra, Saudi Arabia|Shaqra]]
* [[Tharmida]]
===[[Antarctica]] and sub-Antarctic islands===
* [[Deception Island]], a [[Chile]]an-[[Norway|Norwegian]] [[whaling]] settlement.
====[[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands|South Georgia]]====
* [[Grytviken]], a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[whaling]] settlement on the [[United Kingdom]] territory of [[South Georgia]]
* [[Leith Harbour]]
* [[Ocean Harbour]]
* [[Husvik]]
* [[Stromness (South Georgia)|Stromness]]
* [[Prince Olav Harbour]]
===[[Spain]]===
*[[Belchite]], Zaragoza, Aragón
*[[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
===[[Turkey]]===
*[[Troy]]
===[[Turkmenistan]]===
*[[Merv]]
*[[Old Urgench]]
===[[Ukraine]]===
*[[Chernobyl|Chernobyl]]
*[[Pripyat, Ukraine|Pripyat]]
===[[United Kingdom]]===
* [[Ashopton]], [[Derbyshire]] (under reservoir)
* [[Derwent, Derbyshire|Derwent]], Derbyshire (under reservoir)
* [[Bothwellhaugh]], [[North Lanarkshire]] (Under [[Strathclyde Loch]])
* [[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)
* [[Over the Border]], [[Middlesbrough]], (largely abandoned but plans to regenerate the area) [http://www.teesvalleyregeneration.co.uk])
* [[St Kilda, Scotland|Saint Kilda]], an island off [[Scotland]] (evacuated in 1930)
* [[Shipden]], Norfolk (under the sea)
* [[Stanford, Norfolk|Stanford]], Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
* [[Sturston, Norfolk|Sturston]], Norfolk (taken over by Army in 1942)
* [[Tottington, Norfolk|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)
===United States===
{{main|List of ghost towns in the United States}}
== See also ==
*[[Ghost town]]
*[[:Category:Ghost towns]]
*[[List of places with fewer than ten residents]]
*[[List of unused highways]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ghosttowns.com/ Ghosttowns.com]
*[http://www.ghosttownscanada.ca/ GhostTownsCanada.ca] Lots of pictures of Canadian ghost towns
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