The Six Most Lonely Cities in the World
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5. Villa Epecuén, Argentina
A building called Villa Epecuen in Argentina is a tourist village along the coast of Lago Epecuen, a Salt Lake about 600 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In the 1970s, the city's population peaked at over 5 thousand people. In his time, there were 300 businesses growing there.
However, in 1985 most of the water broke through the dam and inundated most of the world's quietest city. Then, in 1993 floods again inundated the city to a height of 10 meters.
6. Tomioka, Japan
Tomioka, Jepang.
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The city of Tamioka in Japan is known as a lonely city due to the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Because of this natural disaster, the nuclear power plant in the vicinity of the city was destroyed and resulted in high levels of nuclear contamination, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people.
Naoto Matsumura is the only person inhabiting the city. He lived without running water or electricity. He’s known to have fled with thousands of others. However, he returned to tend the land, the abandoned animals, and the local cemetery.