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List of slums

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This is a list of slums. A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between 1990 and 2005.[1] However, due to rising population, and the rise especially in urban populations, the number of slum dwellers is rising. One billion people worldwide live in slums[2] and the figure is projected to grow to 2 billion by 2030.[3]

A Villa Miseria in Argentina
A favela in Brazil

Africa

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Egypt

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Ghana

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Main article: List of slums in Ghana
 
Taxi drivers waiting for fares near the beachfront slum in Accra's Jamestown

Kenya

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Main article: List of slums in Kenya
 
A view of Kibera

Liberia

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Mauritania

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Main article: List of slums in Mauritania

Namibia

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Main article: List of slums in Namibia

Nigeria

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Main article: List of slums in Nigeria

South Africa

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Main article: List of slums in South Africa

Spain

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Asia

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Bangladesh

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Main article: List of slums in Bangladesh
  • Begun Bari[14]
  • Bhola (Dhaka North)
  • City Palli (Dhaka South)
  • Driver Colony (Dhaka South)
  • Duaripara (Dhaka North)
  • Kawnia
  • Korail slum (Dhaka North)
  • Lalbagh
  • Mach Colony
  • Mannan (Dhaka South)
  • Mohammadpur
  • Molla (Dhaka North)
  • Monsur Beel / Nama Para
  • Mymensingh
  • Nubur (Dhaka South)
  • Power House (Dhaka South)
  • Pura (Dhaka South)
  • Rail Line Slums (most of the largest rail lines in Bangladesh have slums)

Hong Kong

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India

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Main article: List of slums in India
 
Slum improvement in Delhi, 1983

Indonesia

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  • Kampung Dao and Kampung Muka, near Jakarta Kota railway station
  • Kampung Kalibaru, a 1.6 km2 slum near New Priok Container consisting of substandard housing with bad sanitation and waste management, junk warehouse, metal scrapping field, and fishing boat manufacturer which directly faces Jakarta Bay
  • Kampung Tanah Merah Plumpang, where the 2023 Plumpang oil depot fire occurred, killing 33 people
  • Kampung Muara Baru, along East towards North side of Pluit Reservoir
  • Kampung Kalimati, West side of Karet Bivak Cemetery
  • Jalan Bhakti and Jalan Remaja towards Jl. Bukit Duri Utara, officially owned by Kereta Api Indonesia but squatted since the early 1970s
  • Tanah Rendah, Kebon Pala, Bukit Duri and surrounding area in Matraman and Manggarai along Ciliwung River
  • Kampung Bahari, Kampung Kebon Pisang towards Tanjung Priuk railway station
  • Gang Royal, a suspected illegal prostitution area near Harbour Toll Road
  • Rawa Malang, a suspected illegal prostitution area near Budi Dharma Cemetery along Cakung River Drainage
  • Slums near railway stations and rail lines (particularly in Jakarta, Semarang and Surabaya)

Iran

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As of 2022-23 twenty to twenty five million Iranians lived in slums.[16][17]

Japan

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Pakistan

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A slum in Karachi
Main article: List of slums in Pakistan
  • Parts of Machar Colony[25]

Previous Slums in Pakistan

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  • Orangi, previously but status changed to municipality from 2018 onward.

South Korea

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Sri Lanka

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Main article: List of slums in Sri Lanka

Thailand

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Turkey

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A Gecekondu in Istanbul

Yemen

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Oceania

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Australia

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  • Little Lon district – In the nineteenth century the area consisted of timber and brick cottages, shops and small factories and was home to an ethnically diverse and generally poor population. Today there are few reminders of the area's former notoriety.

Europe

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Bulgaria

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Greece

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Italy

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Malta

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Model of Valletta's Manderaggio before demolition
  • The Manderaggio, an area in Valletta that was a slum area from the 16th to the 20th centuries. It was demolished in the 1950s and replaced by housing estates.

Portugal

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Serbia

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A living area at the former Cardboard city

Spain

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North America

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Cité Soleil, 2002
 
Housing development at Iztapalapa
 
A slum in the hillside at Ecatepec, Mexico

Bahamas

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  • Over the Hill, an area south of Nassau, is the largest and most populous slum of the Bahamas with about 2.5 km2

Haiti

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Jamaica

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Mexico

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Puerto Rico

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South America

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Argentina

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Villa 31 in Buenos Aires
Main article: Villa miseria

In Buenos Aires:

Brazil

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Main article: List of favelas in Brazil

Shanty towns in Brazil are referred to as favelas.

 
Rocinha is the largest hill favela in Rio de Janeiro. Although favelas are found in urban areas throughout Brazil, many of the more famous ones exist in Rio — a widely photographed city

Colombia

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Ciudad Bolívar (Bogotá)

Paraguay

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Peru

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Main article: List of slums in Peru

Pueblos jóvenes is the nickname given to the vast shanty towns that surround Lima and other cities of Peru. Many of these towns have developed into significant districts in Lima such as Villa El Salvador and Comas.

Uruguay

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Main article: Cantegril

Venezuela

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Petare slum in Caracas

See also

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A campamento in Chile

References

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