There are nine abandoned "ghost towns" in the world, with high-rise buildings and complete facilities, but they are empty.
Cooc, it is located in Italy, Kooko has a long history, existed for thousands of years, it was built on a steep slope of hundreds of meters, once a prosperous village, in the twentieth century because of the war caused many people to leave, and in 1950 an earthquake caused some people to leave, in 1963 due to the earthquake there was a large-scale mudslide, causing the town to leave more than a thousand people, so that the town became a ghost town.
After 1970, the earthquake decreased, but people never returned. And Kooko has become a base for many movies because of its desolation and beauty, such as "The Passion of Christ" was filmed here.
Birdie Town, which is located in California, USA, in 1859 someone found gold in Birdie Town, followed by a large number of workers to mine, but the news of the gold mine also spread, attracting a large number of gold diggers, so Birdie Town became one of the most prosperous towns at that time, there were tens of thousands of people living here, but with the discovery of gold in other places, the gold here decreased, and people gradually left.
By 1943 only three people were still living in the house, but after a few years they were empty. In 1962, Berti Town was named the gold rush ghost town, attracting many people to visit.
Varosha, located in Cyprus, was once one of the most luxurious resort cities in the world, with all kinds of facilities. But in 1974, Turkey attacked Cyprus and occupied Varosha, the local residents fled, and after the occupation, Turkey blocked it to prevent anyone from entering, and lost human activity, Varosha is slowly collapsing, now the city is overgrown with weeds, buildings are dilapidated, as if they are about to collapse, and the beach has even become a habitat for turtles.
The town of Centleria, which is located in Pennsylvania, USA, the town was founded in 1866 and prospered because of coal mining, but in 1962, workers accidentally set an open-pit coal mine on fire, and soon the nearby coal mines were ignited, the town took many methods, and it took several years to put out the fire, and the coal mine combustion brought a large number of harmful gases and high temperatures, and also caused a small area of ground collapse, vegetation withered, and finally chose to give up extinguishing the fire.
In 1982 the town was declared abandoned, and in the 90s the town was erased from the map and the road was blocked from the outside world. Later, many ways to extinguish the fire were thought of, but they all failed, and the coal mine is still burning today, according to experts, it will burn for hundreds of years.
Pripyat, built in 1970 near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union, was a bustling city, and by the time of the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986, the city had 50,000 inhabitants, and forty hours after the accident, the city's owners began to evacuate quickly, and by this time tens of thousands of people had been severely exposed to nuclear radiation. There is still nuclear radiation here, it is a forbidden place for humans, and it will be uninhabitable for hundreds of years. But there is a lot of wildlife here. Many of the city's houses began to collapse and were covered in forests, and experts estimate that they will be in ruins in a few decades.
Kamansco, which is located in the desert of Namibia in Africa, discovered a diamond mine here in 1908, attracting a large number of people who want to get rich, so Camansco was established, and even became the most prosperous town in Africa at that time, Africa's first tram was built here, but due to the end of the war, the price of diamonds fell, resulting in gradual abandonment, people gradually left here.
After 1956, everyone left, and after the people left, the town was slowly swallowed up by the desert, and now 40% of the area is covered with sand. In 1980, it was developed into a museum, and at the same time it is considered a treasure trove by photographers.
Ketubak, which is located on the Fuxing Island in the center of the Aral Sea, in 1948 the Soviet Union built a biological and chemical weapons research base here, there are more than a thousand inhabitants living in it, in 1988 the Soviet Union had an accident in the research and development experiment, resulting in the leakage of the anthrax virus, causing many deaths, causing the people inside to evacuate overnight, after they evacuated, nearby residents went to search for things, resulting in dozens of deaths from infectious diseases, and by 1992 no one dared to go there again. In 2001, the United States and Uzbekistan signed an agreement to clean up anthrax.
Witenum City, it is located in Western Australia, in the thirties of the 20th century people found a large number of asbestos mines, attracting countless people to come, to the fifties Wittnum City was prosperous, at its peak there were tens of thousands of people, asbestos mining led to a large number of asbestos fibers floating in the air, and inhalation of asbestos fibers will cause people to suffer from asbestosis, lung cancer and other diseases.
As the number of people affected by the disease increased, the harm of asbestos was discovered, and finally in 1966, the town was abandoned, and there are still a large number of asbestos fibers in the town, causing the town to be blocked from the road and erased from the map.
Hashima, also known as Gunkanjima, is located in the city of Nagasaki, Japan, and it was discovered in 1810 that there were a large number of coal mines on the island, but it was not until 1890 that the island was developed on a large scale, and complete living facilities were built on the island. By 1939, a large number of Koreans were forced to mine, and more than 800 Koreans were here, suffering abuse and fatigue in mining, and 122 people died here.
In the sixties, coal mines in Japan were closed, and in 1974, Hashima was declared closed and all residents evacuated. The islands on the island are unmanaged and can collapse at any time. The island has also been the filming location for several films.
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