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Ghost towns in Asia

67 ghost towns in Asia, spread across 18 countries. The best known is Vinh in Vietnam. The 67 best known are below; the rest are on the map.

In Asia
67
Countries
18
Share of world
4%
Little known
33 of 67

Ghost towns in Asia, by country

Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.

Ghost towns elsewhere

Europe783 North America609

Questions about this page

What are the best known ghost towns in Asia?

Vinh in Vietnam leads the list. Provincial city in Vietnam.

Which country in Asia has the most?

Israel (32), Vietnam (7) and China (5). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.

How much of the world is that?

67 of the 1,494 ghost towns on this atlas, so 4%. The rest are on the worldwide page.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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