Editing Ghost town (section)

==Ghost town repopulation==
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A few ghost towns have managed to get a second life, and this happens through a variety of reasons.
One of these reasons is [[heritage tourism]] generating a new economy able to support residents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=11 Ghost Towns in the U.S. You Can Still Visit |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/ghost-towns-in-the-us-6747202 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Travel + Leisure |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirouac |first=Matt |date=2023-10-19 |title=Ghost Towns Are Being Resurrected as Tourist Destinations |url=https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/ghost-town-tourism |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Thrillist |language=en}}</ref>

For example, [[Walhalla, Victoria]], Australia, became almost deserted after its gold mine ceased operation in 1914, but owing to its accessibility and proximity to other attractive locations, it has had a recent economic and holiday population surge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walhalla.org.au/p2.htm#ghosts |title=Frequently-Asked Questions about Walhalla |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2006–2013 |website=walhalla.org.au |publisher=Walhalla Heritage and Development League Inc
 |access-date=12 January 2014}}</ref> Another town, [[Sungai Lembing]], Malaysia, was almost deserted due to closure of a tin mine in 1986 was revived in 2001 and has become a tourist destination since then.<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Pek Yee
| first        = Foong
| date         = 2017-07-14
| title        = Ex-mining town embraces ecotourism
| url          = https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/focus/2017/07/14/exmining-town-embraces-ecotourism-kampung-baru-sungai-lembing-folk-happy-to-show-off-towns-attractio
| work         = [[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]
| access-date  = 2020-07-05
}}</ref>

[[Foncebadón]], a village in [[province of León|León]], Spain, that was mostly abandoned and only inhabited by a mother and son, is slowly being revived owing to the ever-increasing stream of pilgrims on the road to [[Santiago de Compostela]].

Some ghost towns (e.g. [[Riace]], [[Muñotello]]) are being repopulated by respectively [[refugee]]s and [[Homelessness|homeless people]]. In Riace, this was accomplished by a scheme funded by the Italian government which offers the housing to refugees and in Muñotello it was accomplished through an NGO ([[Madrina Foundation]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-37289713|title = Riace: The Italian village abandoned by locals, adopted by migrants|work = BBC News|date = 25 September 2016 |others=photographs by Francesco Pistilli}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=EuroNews |url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/12/30/spain-s-homeless-help-repopulate-rural-ghost-towns |title=Spain's homeless help repopulate rural ghost towns |first=Juan Carlos |last=De Santos Pascual |date=2020-12-30}}</ref>

In Algeria, many cities became hamlets after the end of [[Late Antiquity]]. They were revived with shifts in population during and after [[French Algeria|French colonization of Algeria]]. [[Oran]], currently the nation's second-largest city with 1 million people, was a village of only a few thousand people before colonization.

[[Alexandria]], the second-largest city of Egypt, was a flourishing city in the ancient era, but declined during the Middle Ages. It underwent a dramatic revival during the 19th century; from a population of 5,000 in 1806, it grew into a city of more than 200,000 inhabitants by 1882,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ágoston |first1=Gábor |last2=Masters |first2=Bruce |year=2009 |url={{GBurl|id=QjzYdCxumFcC|pg=PA33}} |title=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire |publisher=Infobase Publishing |page=33 |isbn=978-1-4381-1025-7}}</ref> and is now home to more than four million people.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/egypt/ The World Factbook – Egypt]. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 13 September 2012.</ref>