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.United Nations, 2007. The Millennium Development Goals Report. p. 26 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.Slum Dwellers to double by 2030 UN-HABITAT report, April 2007.
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
Baba Ndogo Dandora Fuata Nyayo Gatwekera Huruma Kambi Muru Kangemi Kawangware Kiambiu Kianda Kibera (described as the largest slum in Kenya) Kiamaiko Kichinjio Kisumu Ndogo Korogocho Laini Saba Lindi Majengo, Nairobi Juakali-Marurui, Nairobi Makongeni Mashimoni Matopeni Mathare Mathare Valley Mugumoini Mukuru kwa Njenga Mukuru slums Nyalenda Pumwani Raila Sarang'ombe Shilanga Siranga Soweto East Soweto West Ziwa la Ng'ombe Viwandani
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
Kirti Nagar, Delhi, Delhi Mota Varaccha Surat, Gujrat Munirka, Delhi, Delhi Kathputhli Colony, Delhi Talkatora, Delhi Pilkhana, Kolkata Tikiapara, Kolkata Basanti, Kolkata Chandmari, Guwahati Varracha, Surat, Gujrat Dharavi, Mumbai Banganga, Mumbai Baiganwadi, Mumbai Antop Hill, Mumbai Vyasarpadi, Chennai Royapuram, Chennai Thiruvotriyur, Chennai Salia Sahi, Bhubaneswar
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 () 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.https://elpais.com/diario/2001/12/18/madrid/1008678261_850215.html 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 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
See also
Campamento (Chile) a term in Chile to shanty towns. Chengzhongcun less prosperous areas of urban areas in China. Cortiço a Portuguese term commonly used in Brazil and Portugal to describe an area of urban housing where many people live in conditions of poor hygiene and poverty. Rugby boy a common group or gang of street children seen in the Philippines, they are one of the most well known and recognized poverty inflicted people found in the slums of the Philippines. Slum upgrading consists of physical, social, economic, organizational and environmental improvements to slums undertaken cooperatively and locally among citizens, community groups, businesses and local authorities. Villa miseria a type of shanty town or slum found in Argentina
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