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Ghost towns in Israel
Israel has 32 ghost towns on Detourmap — ghost towns, abandoned settlements and industry left to rot. The best known is Shaghur. All of them are below.
- Ghost towns
- 32
- Of archaeological
- 32 of 217
- Little known
- 22 of 32
- Oldest
- Atlit Yam 6899 BC
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13.Samakh
Archaeological · 17th century · Hidden gem
Former village on the south end of Lake Tiberias
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14.Al-Manshiyya, Acre
Archaeological · Hidden gem
A depopulated village in the Acre Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine
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18.Al-Sumayriyya
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Village in mandatory Palestine which was depopulated in the 1948 war
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22.Dayr al-Shaykh
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Former Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem corridor
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28.Dayr Abu Salama
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Former village in Ramle District, Mandatory Palestine
Questions about this page
How many ghost towns are there in Israel?
32 on this map, out of 217 archaeological & historic sites in Israel. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.
What is the best known ghost town in Israel?
Shaghur. Former city in northern Israel.
Which ghost towns in Israel are the least visited?
22 of the 32 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.
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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