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South Africa

Abandoned places

Places mapped

1,451

Per thousand square kilometres

1.2

Most common kind

transport · 601

In detail

406 closed railway stations, 333 ruins, 323 mines, 178 airfields

What is mapped here

• industrial14factories, mills, power stations and works
• subterranean328mines and quarries
• military110bunkers, batteries, barracks and airbases
• settlement7ghost towns, abandoned farms and camps
• institution12hospitals, asylums, schools and prisons
• transport601closed stations, airfields, wrecks and dams
• heritage379ruins, castles, churches and towers

By region

• KwaZulu-Natal223
• Western Cape222
• Eastern Cape201
• Mpumalanga169
• Gauteng154
• Northern Cape153
• Limpopo123
• North West119
• Free State87

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Neighbouring countries: Zimbabwe · Eswatini · Mozambique · Botswana · Namibia · Lesotho