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The Cypriot City of Varosha
In the early 1970s, Varosha was one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.
It was frequented by famous and important people of the time.
But in 1974, the history of this city changed forever after Turkish military forces invaded it.
When that happened, the residents of Varosha fled far away to protect their lives,
and since then it became a ghost town full of abandoned buildings.
Since that incident, the city has been encircled, and no one is allowed to enter the area
except for military personnel and important people from the United Nations.
Currently, the large buildings and hotels that were built on the beach of Varosha
are the only indication that someone lived here decades ago.
This looks scary, right?
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Number 9
Ruby, in Arizona
In the year 1910, the town of Ruby located in Arizona
had become a prosperous city thanks to a mine that produced gold, silver and other valuable metals.
But only 30 years later, in 1940 it became a ghost place with abandoned houses and land...
You know why?
It was just that year that the mine closed definitively,
and people had to look for other ways to make a living away from Ruby.
Having no work, the city was left without its inhabitants,
and in just a few months everything was abandoned forever,
and now it is a ghost town.
Number 8
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
The city of Ashgabat was founded in 1991
with the intention of being one of the most important and luxurious cities of Turkmenistan.
In order to fulfill that objective,
the president of that country ordered the construction of record-breaking buildings,
to the point of becoming the city with the most marble buildings in the world.
In fact, the city has 543 buildings built with luxury materials.
Today, the vast majority of these buildings are abandoned,
and many were not even occupied by anyone.
Tourism does not help much either,
since Turkmenistan is the seventh least visited country in the world.
What a pity, right?
Number 7
The City of Centralia, Pennsylvania
In the early and middle of the last century,
the city of Centralia in Pennsylvania was a city in development where about 3,000 people lived.
Unfortunately, one day in 1962,
several workers burned a pile of garbage inside one of the abandoned mines of the city,
and since then the fire continues to burn under the ground
thanks to the accumulation of gases emanating from the earth.
Seeing this, the Centralia residents decided to leave their homes little by little,
until leaving it as you see it right now.
With the street that leads to the city destroyed,
and with the houses that were once home to thousands in total abandonment.
It is said that the fire under the city is still burning,
and this could continue like this for another 250 years more as a minimum.
Humbugs!
Benny, urinate on the city will not put out the fire.
Number 6
Ordos, New Kangbashi
Located in Inner Mongolia, Ordos Kangbashi was built to be a modern city in 2003.
To achieve this, an investment of 161,000 million dollars was made
that allowed to build a huge city with a capacity for 300,000 people.
not only big buildings with incredible architecture were built, as you are already seeing,
but also large sports stadiums
and public spaces that would be the envy of any modern city you know.
To the misfortune of the investors, only 30,000 people moved to the city,
and not 300,000 as planned.
With the passing of days and seeing the abandonment,
even those 30,000 people began to leave until leaving the city bankrupt.
Now it looks like a ghost site worthy of a post apocalyptic movie.
At present, Ordos Kangbashi is one of the largest abandoned cities in the world.
Number 5
Pripyat, Ukraine
Founded in 1970 to house the workers of a nearby nuclear power plant,
Pripyat is one of the most famous and recognized ghost towns in the world.
In its heyday Pripyat had more than 13,000 apartments, schools for 5,000 children,
dozens of shops and cafes, a cinema, a sports hall,
several factories and a hospital to care for the sick.
It was a very developed city and things seemed to go fable.
But all that ended on April 26, 1986,
when a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded after overheating.
That explosion released toxic radiation in the nearby area,
and the entire city of Pripyat had to be abandoned quickly,
leaving everything as a ghost site.
After the explosion, the residents of Pripyat were relocated to the city of Slavutych.
Fortunately, in recent years it seems that the radiation levels have decreased considerably
and some people have been allowed to return to the nuclear exclusion zone.
Number 4
Kolmanskop, Namibia
At the beginning of the 20th century, large deposits of diamonds were discovered
in an area under the Namibian desert.
This is how a group of German miners
created a settlement that became the city of Kolmanskop as the days went by.
The first constructions in the city were built in 1908,
and little by little homes were built for thousands of people and workers.
From the first day the area began to be exploited
until large quantities of diamonds were extracted under the ground.
It is estimated that over the course of a few years,
more than 1,000 kg of diamonds were extracted from Kolmanskop's ground.
But as you can imagine, once the diamonds ran out, Kolmanskop became a ghost town.
In 1954 there was no one left,
except for houses and buildings that are disappearing little by little under the desert sand.
Number 3
The Japanese Hashima Island
The Hashima island, which the locals know as 'The Battleship Island',
is an abandoned island that is located off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan.
It was founded in 1887 and became the home of the people who worked in the coal mines
that are located just below the island.
At its best, it was home to more than 5,000 people.
The island had a clubhouse, movie theater, swimming pool,
gardens on the roofs of the buildings and several convenience stores.
But in 1974, things changed forever when the demand for coal fell apart.
With no work to do, people had to leave the island
and now it is a ghost island with access to tourists.
Number 2
The City of Tianducheng in China
Tianducheng is a city that began to be built in 2007 but which is currently practically abandoned.
The city is a mini replica of the city of Paris, they even have their own Eiffel Tower.
The project was intended to attract tourists from all over the world but it never started,
and now the city is desolate.
Houses and apartments were built for 10,000 people to live
but the last census registered less than 1,000 inhabitants,
and it is likely that those few that remain will end up leaving in the next few years.
Although the project to create a mini replica of Paris was heard as a good idea in 2007,
now it is considered as a failure.
Number 1.
The UFO houses of Sanzhi, Taiwan
These houses began to be built in 1978 but could never be completed,
and quickly became a failed project.
Only 2 years after the construction started, there was no money,
and the whole city was abandoned forever.
The interesting thing about these houses is that it is said to be cursed. You know?
Several workers lost their lives under strange circumstances
and since then all kinds of legends have been born.
In 2008, the whole complex of houses was demolished,
and now there are only a few left standing.
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