base and urban settlement. Malaysia Bukit Kutu is a former hill station that was abandoned after being bombed by the Japanese army during World War II. Bukit Besi is a former mining town in Terengganu, Malaysia. The population dropped drastically after 1971 when the Eastern Mining and Metal Corporation (EMMCO) closed their operation because the iron ore there was exhausted. Kampung Kepayang, in Perak, is almost uninhabited, with only two or three shophouses being in use. This is a result of the widening of the main road, which made it difficult to park a vehicle and resulted in the shops losing business. However, there are still Malays who reside in the village houses behind the shophouses, and the addresses in Simpang Pulai are still written as "Kampung Kepayang". Sungai Lembing, Pahang, Malaysia. Pekan Papan was once-thriving mining town in Pusing, Perak. North Korea Kijong-dong Oman Sap Bani Khamis is an abandoned village halfway up a canyon, accessible only by a narrow path. Qatar Al-ʽArish is an old fishing village on the Northern coast of Qatar in the Middle East. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it was abandoned in the early 1970s and has since become a ghost town. Russia Butugychag is a former Gulag forced labor camp, and one of the few camps in which prisoners mined uranium. Gamsutl, one of the oldest settlements in Dagestan, abandoned in 2015. Khalmer-Yu is a former urban-type settlement in the Komi Republic, disestablished in 1995. In 1993 it was decided to shut down mining operations and to liquidate the settlement by 1995. Mologa is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast that was flooded to create the Rybinsk Reservoir. Neftegorsk is a former town in Sakhalin Oblast that was almost destroyed in a 1995 earthquake and never rebuilt. Kadykchan is a former mining town in Magadan Oblast. Kyubyume in Yakutia. Saudi Arabia Old Town, Al-'Ula, or al-Deera as it is locally called, is now all but a ghost town. It consists of a walled village of about 800 dwellings around the perimeter of the more ancient castle with narrow winding alleys, many of which are covered to shield the people from the heat of the sun. Most of the foundations of the buildings are stone, but the upper floors are made from mud bricks, while palm leaves and wood are used for the ceilings. Although many of these houses were probably rebuilt over time, their