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List of slums

List of slums is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of slums rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

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Reference excerpt

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. 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 and the figure is projected to grow to 2 billion by 2030.

Africa

Egypt Ezbet el-Haggana, Cairo Manshiyat Naser, Cairo

Ghana

Amui Djor Ashiaman Fadama Jamestown/Usshertown, Accra Kojokrom New Takoradi Suame Magazine Nima Agbogbloshie

Kenya

Liberia Brewerville Clara Town, Bushrod Island Logan Town Sinkor Slipway Sonewein South Beach Bay West Point

Mauritania

Arafat Dar-Naim El Mina Sebkha Toujouonine

Namibia

Africa Tongashili Freedomland Goreangab Kahumba ka Ndola Okahandja Park Okandundu Okantunda Okuryangava One Nation N° 1 One Nation N° 2 Ongulumbashe N° 1 Onyika Otjomuise Samuel Maherero

Nigeria

Agege Ajegunle Amukoko Badia Bariga Bodija Ijeshatedo/Itire Ilaje Iwaya Makoko Mushin Oke-Offa Babasale Somolu Idikan Sasa

South Africa

Asia

Bangladesh

Begun Bari Duaripara (Dhaka North) Kawnia Korail slum (Dhaka North) Mohammadpur Monsur Beel / Nama Para

Hong Kong Kowloon Walled City (demolished)

India

Indonesia 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 As of 2022-23 twenty to twenty five million Iranians lived in slums.

District 14, Isfahan - Hasseh, Dark, Zeynabie District 15, Tehran

Japan Kamagasaki

Pakistan

Parts of Machar Colony

Previous Slums in Pakistan Orangi, previously but status changed to municipality from 2018 onward.

Philippines Tondo, the biggest slum in the Philippines with over 600,000 people according to the 2020 census. BASECO compound, near the port of Manila.

South Korea Guryong Village

Sri Lanka

Usavi Watta (Usaui Walta) Wanathamulla

Thailand Khlong Toei

Turkey

Sultanbeyli, Istanbul Çinçin, one of the most popular gecekondu (slum) located in Ankara Hacıhüsrev, largest slum of İstanbul Hürriyet mahallesi, Adana Kadifekale, İzmir Horozköy, Manisa

Yemen Mahwa Aser

Oceania

Australia 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

Bulgaria Fakulteta, Sofia Filipovtsi, Sofia Hristo Botev, Sofia Stolipinovo, Plovdiv Sheker Mahala, Plovdiv Hadji Hassan Mahala, Plovdiv Arman Mahala, Plovdiv Maksuda, Varna

Greece Agia Kyriaki, Acharnes, Attica Nea zoi, Aspropyrgos, Attica

Malta

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 Cova da Moura, Amadora, Lisbon Fontainhas, Amadora, Lisbon Venda Nova, Amadora, Lisbon Barruncho, Lisbon Bairro da Jamaica, Amora, Seixal

Serbia

Cardboard city (Serbian: Картон сити, romanized: Karton siti) in Belgrade, depopulated and demolished starting on 31 August 2009, following four years of unsuccessful attempts.

Spain Cañada Real, Madrid Las Barranquillas (formerly) Madrid. Dismantled between 2007 and 2011, now a formal town called Valdecarros. Valdemíngomez, Madrid

North America

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

Guatemala

La Limonada in Guatemala City is one of the largest slums in Latin America outside of Brazil, with over 60,000 people in it Ciudad Peronia in Villa Nueva El Mezquital in Villa Nueva, with 23,000 inhabitants. It started as an emergency housing project after the 1976 Guatemala earthquake

Haiti Cité Soleil in Port-au-Prince

Jamaica Trenchtown Mountain Bay Vikia

Mexico Neza-Chalco-Ixta in Mexico City, is a Ciudad Perdida, rated as the world's largest mega-slum in 2006. The area extends towards the municipalities of Chimalhuacan, Los Reyes to the west of Ixtapaluca and South of Neza and Ecatepec de Morelos north of Neza in the metropolitan area periphery and with Santa Marta Acatitla in the Distrito Federal's borough of Iztapalapa.

Puerto Rico La Perla, San Juan

South America

Argentina

In Buenos Aires:

Villa 21-24 Villa 26 Villa 31 Villa 1-11-14 Villa Zabaleta Villa Rodrigo Bueno

Brazil

Shanty towns in Brazil are referred to as favelas.

Vila Parisi, Cubatão

Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro Jacarezinho, Rio de Janeiro Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro Manguinhos, Rio de Jainero Morro da Babilônia, Rio de Jainero Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro Vigário Geral, Rio de Janeiro Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro Heliópolis, São Paulo Paraisópolis, São Paulo

Colombia

Ciudad Bolívar (Bogotá) Siloé (Cali)

Paraguay Bañados del Río Paraguay

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.

Comas Villa El Salvador San Juan de Lurigancho Cono Sur

Uruguay

Presidente Kennedy, Punta del Este

Venezuela

Miguel Peña Parish Libertador Bolivarian Municipality in Caracas

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of slums

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of slums claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of slums before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of slums ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of slums

In research: List of slums appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of slums in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of slums is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Lists of city lists, Lists of places, Lists of slums, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of slums outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is List of slums in simple terms?

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.

Why does List of slums matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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