Cemeteries in Asia

This directory documents 201 cemeteries in Asia. 153 of them hold documented notable interments; the most documented is Novodevichy Cemetery with 1452. Recorded founding dates run from 622 to 2013. Every fact is sourced from Wikidata and linked to its record.

Armenia

• Komitas Pantheon
  🇦🇲 Shengavit District, Armenia · est. 1936 · 43 notable interments

Azerbaijan

• Alley of Honor
  🇦🇿 Baku, Azerbaijan · est. 1948 · 169 notable interments

British Hong Kong

• Cape Collinson Crematorium
  Eastern District, British Hong Kong · est. 1962

Brunei

• Royal Mausoleum (Brunei)
  🇧🇳 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · 5 notable interments

Hong Kong

• Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
  🇭🇰 Eastern District, Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Buddhist Cemetery
  🇭🇰 Chai Wan, Hong Kong

Indonesia

• Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery
  🇮🇩 Kalibata, Indonesia · 109 notable interments
• Giri Tunggal Heroes' Cemetery
  🇮🇩 Semarang, Indonesia · est. 1955 · 2 notable interments
• Kusumanegara Heroes' Cemetery
  🇮🇩 Yogyakarta, Indonesia · 2 notable interments
• Grave of Sukarno
  🇮🇩 Blitar, Indonesia · 1 notable interment

Iran

• Behesht-e Zahra
  🇮🇷 Tehran, Iran · est. 1970 · 225 notable interments
• Ibn Babawayh Cemetery
  🇮🇷 Ray County, Iran · 11 notable interments
• Naqsh-e Rostam
  🇮🇷 Marvdasht County, Iran · 8 notable interments
• Takht-e Foulad
  🇮🇷 District 6, Iran · est. 1000 · 7 notable interments
• Vadi-e Rahmat
  🇮🇷 Tabriz, Iran · 5 notable interments
• Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery
  🇮🇷 Shemiranat County, Iran · 5 notable interments
• Sheikhan cemetery
  🇮🇷 Qom County, Iran · 4 notable interments
• Golestan Shohada of Isfahan
  🇮🇷 Isfahan County, Iran · 3 notable interments
• Nor Burastan Cemetery
  🇮🇷 Ghaniabad Rural District, Iran · 3 notable interments
• Behesht-e Sakineh
  🇮🇷 Kamalshahr, Iran · 2 notable interments
• Doulab Cemetery
  🇮🇷 Tehran County, Iran · 2 notable interments
• Khavaran cemetery
  🇮🇷 Khavar Shahr, Iran
• New Julfa Armenian Cemetery
  🇮🇷 Isfahan County, Iran
• Tehran War Cemetery
  🇮🇷 District 3, Iran · est. 1963

Iraq

• Wadi-us-Salaam
  🇮🇶 Najaf, Iraq · est. 1873 · 21 notable interments

Israel

• Har HaMenuchot
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel · est. 1951 · 606 notable interments
• Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel · 395 notable interments
• Kiryat Shaul Cemetery
  🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel · est. 1943 · 290 notable interments
• Yarkon Cemetery
  🇮🇱 Gush Dan, Israel · est. 1991 · 125 notable interments
• Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery
  🇮🇱 Givatayim, Israel · est. 1932 · 95 notable interments
• Trumpeldor Cemetery
  🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel · est. 1902 · 94 notable interments
• Sanhedria Cemetery
  🇮🇱 Sanhedria, Israel · est. 1948 · 79 notable interments
• Mount Herzl
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel · est. 1948 · 50 notable interments
• Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel · est. 1848 · 18 notable interments
• Mamilla Cemetery
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel · 2 notable interments
• Ramleh War Cemetery
  🇮🇱 Ramla sub-district, Israel · est. 1917 · 1 notable interment
• Shaare Zedek Cemetery, Jerusalem
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel · est. 1948 · 1 notable interment
• Jerusalem Indian War Cemetery
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel · est. 1918
• Jerusalem War Cemetery (World War I)
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel · est. 1947
• Sheikh Badr Cemetery
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel · est. 1948
• Silwan necropolis
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel
• Tombs of the Sanhedrin
  🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel

Japan

• Aoyama Cemetery
  🇯🇵 Minami-Aoyama, Japan · est. 1874 · 119 notable interments
• Yanaka Cemetery
  🇯🇵 Yanaka, Japan · est. 1874 · 52 notable interments
• Zōshigaya Cemetery
  🇯🇵 Minami-Ikebukuro, Japan · est. 1874 · 41 notable interments
• Musashi Imperial Graveyard
  🇯🇵 Nagabusamachi, Japan · est. 1927 · 4 notable interments
• Sakamoto International Cemetery
  🇯🇵 Nagasaki, Japan · est. 1888 · 2 notable interments
• Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery
  🇯🇵 Sanbanchō, Japan · est. 1959

Korea

• May 18th National Cemetery
  Buk District, Korea · est. 1997 · 1 notable interment

Lebanon

• Tyre Necropolis
  🇱🇧 Tyre, Lebanon

Malaysia

• Makam Pahlawan
  🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · est. 1965 · 14 notable interments
• Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery
  🇲🇾 Damansara, Malaysia · est. 1985 · 12 notable interments
• Al-Ghufran Royal Mausoleum
  🇲🇾 Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia · est. 1915 · 9 notable interments
• Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery
  🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · est. 1819 · 5 notable interments
• Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum
  🇲🇾 Johor Bahru, Malaysia · est. 1895 · 4 notable interments
• Labuan War Cemetery
  🇲🇾 Labuan, Malaysia · 3 notable interments
• Cheras Christian Cemetery
  🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · est. 1900 · 2 notable interments
• Old Protestant Cemetery, George Town
  🇲🇾 George Town, Malaysia · est. 1786 · 2 notable interments
• Taman Selatan
  🇲🇾 Putrajaya, Malaysia · est. 2003 · 1 notable interment
• Alor Gajah British Graveyard
  🇲🇾 Malaysia
• Kwong Tong Cemetery
  🇲🇾 Malaysia
• Taiping War Cemetery
  🇲🇾 Taiping, Malaysia

Mongolia

• Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery
  🇲🇳 Bayanzürkh, Mongolia

Myanmar

• Martyrs' Mausoleum
  🇲🇲 Yangon, Myanmar · 6 notable interments

North Korea

• Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery
  🇰🇵 Hyongjesan-guyok, North Korea · 38 notable interments
• Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery
  🇰🇵 Pyongyang, North Korea · est. 1975 · 15 notable interments

Pakistan

• Miani Sahib Graveyard
  🇵🇰 Lahore, Pakistan · 21 notable interments
• Makli Necropolis
  🇵🇰 Thatta, Pakistan · 5 notable interments
• Mewa Shah Graveyard
  🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan · 5 notable interments
• Mominpura Graveyard
  🇵🇰 Lahore, Pakistan · 4 notable interments
• Gora Kabristan, Lahore
  🇵🇰 Lahore, Pakistan · 2 notable interments
• Wadi-e-Hussain
  🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan · 2 notable interments
• Gora Qabaristan, Karachi
  🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan · 1 notable interment
• Karachi War Cemetery
  🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan · 1 notable interment
• Paposh Nagar Graveyard
  🇵🇰 Karachi, Pakistan · 1 notable interment
• Bani Israel Graveyard
  🇵🇰 Pakistan
• Chitorri
  🇵🇰 Pakistan
• Old British Cemetery (Gilgit)
  🇵🇰 Gilgit, Pakistan · est. 1870
• Old Christian Cemetery, Abbottabad
  🇵🇰 Abbottabad, Pakistan
• Old Christian Cemetery, Peshawar
  🇵🇰 Peshawar, Pakistan

People's Republic of China

• Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Laoshan Subdistrict, People's Republic of China · 178 notable interments
• Hong Kong Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Wan Chai District, People's Republic of China · est. 1845 · 18 notable interments
• Ming tombs
  🇨🇳 Shisanling, People's Republic of China · 11 notable interments
• Old Protestant Cemetery (Macau)
  🇨🇳 Macau, People's Republic of China · 9 notable interments
• Mausoleum of Soong Ching Ling
  🇨🇳 Changning District, People's Republic of China · 8 notable interments
• Foochow Mission Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Cangshan District, People's Republic of China · est. 1847 · 6 notable interments
• Zhao Mausoleum (Tang dynasty)
  🇨🇳 Liquan County, People's Republic of China · 6 notable interments
• Stanley Military Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China · est. 1841 · 3 notable interments
• Cao Cao Mausoleum
  🇨🇳 Anfeng Township, People's Republic of China · 2 notable interments
• Chiu Yuen Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China · 2 notable interments
• Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Southern District, People's Republic of China · 2 notable interments
• Sai Wan War Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Sai Wan, People's Republic of China · 2 notable interments
• St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Wan Chai District, People's Republic of China · 2 notable interments
• Cemetery of Confucius
  🇨🇳 Qufu, People's Republic of China · 1 notable interment
• Gallant Garden
  🇨🇳 Wo Hop Shek, People's Republic of China · est. 1996 · 1 notable interment
• Mawangdui
  🇨🇳 Mawangdui Residential Community, People's Republic of China · 1 notable interment
• National Revolutionary Army Memorial Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Nanjing, People's Republic of China · 1 notable interment
• Astana Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Turpan, People's Republic of China
• Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Eastern District, People's Republic of China · est. 1963
• Happy Valley Jewish Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Wan Chai District, People's Republic of China
• Lingshan Islamic Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Fengze District, People's Republic of China
• Macau Mosque and Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Nossa Senhora de Fátima, People's Republic of China · est. 1980
• Sandy Ridge Cemetery
  🇨🇳 North District, People's Republic of China
• Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
• Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Kwai Tsing District, People's Republic of China
• Tung Wah Coffin Home
  🇨🇳 Southern District, People's Republic of China · est. 1899
• Western Xia mausoleums
  🇨🇳 Yinchuan, People's Republic of China · est. 1100
• Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery
  🇨🇳 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Philippines

• Manila North Cemetery
  🇵🇭 Santa Cruz, Philippines · est. 1904 · 70 notable interments
• Libingan ng mga Bayani
  🇵🇭 Philippines · est. 1947 · 63 notable interments
• La Loma Cemetery
  🇵🇭 Caloocan, Philippines · est. 1884 · 18 notable interments
• Manila South Cemetery
  🇵🇭 Manila, Philippines · est. 1925 · 7 notable interments
• Manila American Cemetery
  🇵🇭 Manila, Philippines · est. 1948 · 5 notable interments
• Manila Memorial Park – Sucat
  🇵🇭 Philippines · est. 1964 · 5 notable interments
• Loyola Memorial Park
  🇵🇭 Marikina, Philippines · 3 notable interments
• Manila Chinese Cemetery
  🇵🇭 Santa Cruz, Philippines · est. 1850 · 3 notable interments
• Baguio Cemetery
  🇵🇭 Philippines
• Clark Veterans Cemetery
  🇵🇭 Philippines · est. 1948
• Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery
  🇵🇭 Nagcarlan, Philippines · est. 1845
• San Joaquin Campo Santo
  🇵🇭 San Joaquin, Philippines · est. 1892
• Sunken Cemetery
  🇵🇭 Philippines

Russia

• Novodevichy Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Khamovniki District, Russia · est. 1524 · 1452 notable interments
• Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Moscow, Russia · est. 1962 · 704 notable interments
• Vagankovo Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Presnensky District, Russia · est. 1771 · 593 notable interments
• Donskoye Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Donskoy District, Russia · est. 1910 · 390 notable interments
• Vvedenskoye Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Lefortovo District, Russia · est. 1771 · 314 notable interments
• Kuntsevo Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Mozhaysky District, Russia · est. 1700 · 282 notable interments
• Smolensky Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Vasileostrovsky District, Russia · est. 1738 · 213 notable interments
• Kommunarka shooting ground
  🇷🇺 Sosenskoye, Russia · est. 1930 · 165 notable interments
• Tikhvin Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia · est. 1823 · 144 notable interments
• Kremlin Wall Necropolis
  🇷🇺 Tverskoy District, Russia · est. 1917 · 138 notable interments
• Nikolskoe Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia · est. 1871 · 108 notable interments
• Serafimovskoe Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia · est. 1905 · 108 notable interments
• Novodevichy Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)
  🇷🇺 Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia · est. 1845 · 105 notable interments
• Bogoslovskoe Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Kalininsky District, Russia · est. 1701 · 100 notable interments
• Khovanskoye Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Leninsky Urban District, Russia · est. 1972 · 99 notable interments
• Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Vasileostrovsky District, Russia · est. 1747 · 98 notable interments
• Lazarevskoe Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia · est. 1713 · 92 notable interments
• Volkovo Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Frunzensky District, Russia · est. 1756 · 91 notable interments
• Pyatnitskoye Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Alexeyevsky District, Russia · est. 1771 · 68 notable interments
• Federal Military Memorial Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Mytishchi, Russia · est. 2013 · 60 notable interments
• Mitinskoe Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Krasnogorsky District, Russia · est. 1978 · 51 notable interments
• Moscow Armenian Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Presnensky District, Russia · est. 1805 · 38 notable interments
• Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Preobrazhenskoye District, Russia · est. 1771 · 34 notable interments
• Arskoe Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Kazan, Russia · 29 notable interments
• Yuzhnoye Cemetery (Novosibirsk)
  🇷🇺 Novosibirsk, Russia · 19 notable interments
• Butovo firing range
  🇷🇺 Drozhzhino, Russia · est. 1937 · 16 notable interments
• Katyn Polish War Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Katyn, Russia · est. 1998 · 16 notable interments
• Levashovo Memorial Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Levashovo, Russia · est. 1937 · 15 notable interments
• Rogozhskoye Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Nizhegorodsky District, Russia · est. 1771 · 13 notable interments
• Northern Cemetery, Rostov-on-Don
  🇷🇺 Rostov-on-Don, Russia · est. 1972 · 12 notable interments
• Kazachye Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Russia · 11 notable interments
• Yegoshikha Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Sverdlovsky District, Russia · est. 1760 · 11 notable interments
• Zayeltsovskoye Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Novosibirsk, Russia · 10 notable interments
• Brethren Cemetery (Rostov-on-Don)
  🇷🇺 Rostov-on-Don, Russia · 6 notable interments
• Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Kalininsky District, Russia · est. 1960 · 5 notable interments
• Taganrog Old Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Taganrog, Russia · est. 1809 · 3 notable interments
• Alexander Cemetery (Rostov-on-Don)
  🇷🇺 Rostov-on-Don, Russia · 2 notable interments
• Pyatnitskoye Cemetery (Kaluga)
  🇷🇺 Kaluga, Russia · est. 1780 · 2 notable interments
• Rossoschka German War Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Volgograd Oblast, Russia · 2 notable interments
• Archangel Allied Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia · 1 notable interment
• Kyrkhlyar
  🇷🇺 Derbent, Russia · est. 700 · 1 notable interment
• Memorial park complex of the heroes of the First World War
  🇷🇺 Sokol District, Russia · est. 1915 · 1 notable interment
• Czechoslovak Legions Graveyard in Vladivostok
  🇷🇺 Vladivostok, Russia · est. 1920
• Mariupol Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Taganrog, Russia · est. 2000
• Pantheon, Moscow
  🇷🇺 Moscow, Russia · est. 1953
• Sologubovka Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Leningrad Oblast, Russia
• Verkhne-Gnilovskoye Cemetery
  🇷🇺 Russia

Russian Empire

• Sandarmokh
  Povenetsky Uyezd, Russian Empire · est. 1937 · 21 notable interments

Saudi Arabia

• Al-Baqi Cemetery
  🇸🇦 Medina, Saudi Arabia · est. 622 · 96 notable interments

Singapore

• Kranji War Cemetery
  🇸🇬 Sungei Kadut, Singapore · 4 notable interments
• Kranji State Cemetery
  🇸🇬 Sungei Kadut, Singapore · 2 notable interments

South Korea

• Seoul National Cemetery
  🇰🇷 Dongjak District, South Korea · est. 1956 · 11 notable interments
• Daejeon National Cemetery
  🇰🇷 Yuseong District, South Korea · est. 1996 · 5 notable interments
• United Nations Memorial Cemetery
  🇰🇷 Busan, South Korea · est. 1951 · 3 notable interments
• Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
  🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea

Syria

• Necropolis of Emesa
  🇸🇾 Homs, Syria
• Valley of the Tombs
  🇸🇾 Tadmur, Syria

Taiwan

• Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery
  🇹🇼 Xizhi District, Taiwan · est. 1982 · 3 notable interments

Thailand

• Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit
  🇹🇭 Wat Ratchabophit, Thailand · 7 notable interments

Turkey

• Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Şişli, Turkey · est. 1935 · 339 notable interments
• Karacaahmet Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Üsküdar, Turkey · 204 notable interments
• Cebeci Asri Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey · est. 1935 · 112 notable interments
• Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Eyüpsultan, Turkey · est. 1453 · 83 notable interments
• Karşıyaka Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Yenimahalle district, Turkey · 73 notable interments
• Turkish State Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Yenimahalle district, Turkey · est. 1981 · 72 notable interments
• Aşiyan Asri Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Beşiktaş, Turkey · 58 notable interments
• Feriköy Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey · 57 notable interments
• Eyüp Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Eyüpsultan, Turkey · 37 notable interments
• Şişli Armenian Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Şişli, Turkey · est. 1865 · 36 notable interments
• Merkezefendi Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Zeytinburnu, Turkey · 21 notable interments
• Haydarpaşa Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey · est. 1855 · 6 notable interments
• Ulus Sephardi Jewish Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Beşiktaş, Turkey · est. 1901 · 5 notable interments
• Feriköy Protestant Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey · est. 1859 · 3 notable interments
• Mersin Interfaith Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Mersin Province, Turkey · est. 1938 · 3 notable interments
• Şişli Greek Orthodox Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Şişli, Turkey · est. 1859 · 2 notable interments
• Pangaltı Catholic Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey · est. 1863 · 1 notable interment
• Bin Tepe
  🇹🇷 Manisa Province, Turkey
• Ulus Ashkenazi Jewish Cemetery
  🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey

Uzbekistan

• Shah-i-Zinda
  🇺🇿 Samarkand, Uzbekistan · 1 notable interment

Vietnam

• Mai Dịch Cemetery
  🇻🇳 Hanoi, Vietnam · 5 notable interments