Adzyubzha had a population of 3597 people in 1989 but it was virtually depopulated following the 1993 War.

Xiangkhoang was destroyed by bombing in 1969, and Xam Nua and Phôngsali were virtually depopulated.

In 1614, the area was virtually depopulated as a result of the Persian invasion of the Kakheti.

The region was virtually depopulated last month, when more than a million and half of Iraq's 3.5 million Kurds fled as troops loyal to President Saddam Hussein bore down.

Before their existence Escárcega was virtually depopulated.

There may well have been large areas in the Shire Highlands that were virtually depopulated.

After the Roman time the region has been virtually depopulated.

By the middle of the 14th century, pest epidemics and starvation had virtually depopulated the entire area.

Farmland failed throughout the Plains, entire regions were virtually depopulated, and dust storms ravaged the land.

As a result of poverty and disease, vast territories are virtually depopulated, even without war.