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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.United Nations, 2007. [https://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/mdg2007.pdf The Millennium Development Goals Report.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713003222/http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/mdg2007.pdf |date=2017-07-13 }} 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{{cite web|url=http://housingstruggles.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/mike-davis-planet-of-slums/#more-70|title=Review of Mike Davis' 'Planet of Slums'|work=The Struggle for the City|accessdate=30 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005113508/http://housingstruggles.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/mike-davis-planet-of-slums/#more-70|archive-date=5 October 2011|url-status=dead}} and the figure is projected to grow to 2 billion by 2030.[http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/4631_46759_GC%2021%20Slum%20dwellers%20to%20double.pdf Slum Dwellers to double by 2030] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317043415/http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/4631_46759_GC%2021%20Slum%20dwellers%20to%20double.pdf |date=2013-03-17 }} UN-HABITAT report, April 2007.

Africa

=Egypt=

=Ghana=

{{Main|List of slums in Ghana}}

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  • Amui Djor{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BFaB5xsGbaMC&dq=Amui+Djor+slum&pg=PA825|title=Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste|publisher=|isbn=9781412988193|access-date=30 April 2016|last1=Zimring|first1=Carl A.|last2=Rathje|first2=William L.|date=29 February 2012|archive-date=16 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216164458/https://books.google.com/books?id=BFaB5xsGbaMC&dq=Amui+Djor+slum&pg=PA825|url-status=live}}
  • Ashiaman{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q4B4YvnUS7cC&dq=Ashaiman+slum&pg=PA90|title=The Challenge of Slums|year=2003|publisher=|accessdate=30 April 2016}}
  • Fadama{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SNY_VIXSTsC&dq=Fadama+slum&pg=PA111|title=Globalizing City|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815631729|access-date=30 April 2016|last1=Grant|first1=Richard|date=28 February 2009}}
  • Jamestown/Usshertown, Accra
  • Kojokrom
  • New Takoradi
  • Suame Magazine
  • Nima
  • Agbogbloshie

= Kenya =

{{Main|List of slums in Kenya}}

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=Liberia=

=Mauritania=

{{Main|List of slums in Mauritania}}

=Namibia=

{{Main|List of slums in Namibia}}

=Nigeria=

{{Main|List of slums in Nigeria}}

  • Agege
  • Ajegunle
  • Amukoko{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rKrTo_Am_VEC&dq=Amukoko+slum&pg=PT70|title=Live Working Or Die Fighting|publisher=Haymarket Books|isbn=9781608460700|access-date=30 April 2016|last1=Mason|first1=Paul|year=2010}}
  • Badia
  • Bariga
  • Bodija
  • Ijeshatedo/Itire
  • Ilaje
  • Iwaya{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pWhx56mvzYYC&dq=Iwaya+slum&pg=PT343|title=Adapting Cities to Climate Change|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136572531|access-date=30 April 2016|last1=Dodman|first1=David|last2=Bicknell|first2=Jane|last3=Satterthwaite|first3=David|date=31 May 2012}}
  • Makoko
  • Mushin{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fA3Qs_Qq1DwC&dq=Mushin+slum&pg=PA342|title=Global Politics in a Changing World|year=2009|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=9780618974511|access-date=30 April 2016}}
  • Oke-Offa Babasale
  • Somolu
  • Idikan
  • Sasa

=South Africa=

{{Main|List of slums in South Africa}}

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Asia

=Bangladesh=

{{Main|List of slums in Bangladesh}}

  • Begun Bari{{cite news |title=Hidden cost of 'cheap chic' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/22/outlook.development?commentpage=1 |work=The Guardian |date=22 December 2006 |accessdate=2008-11-24 |location=London |first=Randeep |last=Ramesh |archive-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306041522/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/22/outlook.development?commentpage=1 |url-status=live }}
  • Duaripara (Dhaka North)
  • Kawnia
  • Korail slum (Dhaka North)
  • Mohammadpur
  • Monsur Beel / Nama Para

=Hong Kong=

=India=

{{Main|List of slums in India}}

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= 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.{{Cite web |title=25 میلیون نفر از جمعیت ایران حاشیه‌نشین اند/ دچار عقب‌افتادگی 300 ساله‌ایم | language=fa | trans-title=25 million people of Iran's population live in marginalized areas/We are 300 years behind schedule |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.isna.ir|date=25 July 2019 | url=https://www.isna.ir/news/98050301576/25-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AF%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C}}{{Cite web |title=جامعه‌شناس ایرانی: 20 میلیون حاشیه‌نشین داریم |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/fa/ایران/جامعه-شناس-ایرانی-20-میلیون-حاشیه-نشین-داریم/2804519 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}

  • District 14, Isfahan - Hasseh,{{Cite web |title=درصد جمعیت اصفهان ، حاشیه نشین هستند |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/7696006/35-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.irna.ir|date=19 February 2007 }}{{Cite news |title=شناسایی 9 منطقه حاشیه‌نشین در اصفهان » اصفهان امروز آنلاین |url=https://esfahanemrooz.ir/78358-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-9-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=اصفهان امروز آنلاین |language=fa |archive-date=2020-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224001418/http://esfahanemrooz.ir/78358-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-9-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86.html |url-status=live }} Dark, {{Cite news |title=دارک؛ حاشیه‌ای ناامن و رهاشده در اصفهان » اصفهان امروز آنلاین |url=https://esfahanemrooz.ir/36024--%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=اصفهان امروز آنلاین |language=fa |archive-date=2020-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205130445/http://esfahanemrooz.ir/36024--%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=سکونت 19 میلیون و 700 هزار ایرانی در محلات فرسوده یا حاشیه‌نشین- اخبار اصفهان - اخبار استانها تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1402/02/28/2896658/%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA-19-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%88-700-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%87-%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim |language=fa |archive-date=2023-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518212152/https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1402/02/28/2896658/%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA-19-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%88-700-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%87-%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86 |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |last1=ربانی |first1=‌رسول |last2=وارثی |first2=‌حمیدرضا |last3=طاهری |first3=‌زهرا |date=2009-03-24 |title=تحلیلی بر علل اصلی شکل گیری مناطق حاشیه نشین در شهر اصفهان نمونه ی موردی منطقه ی ارزنان و دارک |url=http://noo.rs/sGYOv |journal=جغرافیا و توسعه |language=fa |volume=13 |issue=7 |pages=93–126}}{{Cite web |last1=رسول |first1=ربانی خوراسگانی |last2=صمد |first2=کلانتری |last3=نفسیه |first3=یاوری |date=2004-01-01 |title=پدیده حاشیه نشینی و پیامدهای اجتماعی، فرهنگی آن (ارزنان و دارک اصفهان) |url=https://www.sid.ir/paper/24847/fa |language=Fa |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=119–154}} Zeynabie
  • District 15, Tehran{{Cite web |date=2023-06-11 |title=خانه‌های دودی پدیده نوظهور در تهران {{!}} خبرگزاری صدا و سیما |url=https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/3878285/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 |access-date=2023-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611095705/https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/3878285/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B8%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 |archive-date=2023-06-11 }}

=Japan=

=Pakistan=

File:A slum inside Karachi Pakistan, next to upscale Race Course neighborhood December 2009.jpg

{{main|List of slums in Pakistan}}

  • Parts of Machar Colony{{Cite news|url=https://nation.com.pk/13-Jul-2015/demolishing-slums|title=Demolishing Slums|date=2015-07-12|work=The Nation|access-date=2018-07-10|language=en-US|archive-date=2019-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210221222/https://nation.com.pk/13-Jul-2015/demolishing-slums|url-status=live}}

==Previous Slums in Pakistan==

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

=South Korea=

=Sri Lanka=

{{Main|List of slums in Sri Lanka}}

=Thailand=

=Turkey=

File:Gecekondu street3.jpg in Istanbul]]

=Yemen=

Oceania

=Australia=

  • Little Lon district{{spaced ndash}} 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 =

=Greece=

=Malta=

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  • 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 =

= Serbia =

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  • Cardboard city ({{Langx|sr|Картон сити|Karton siti}}) in Belgrade, depopulated and demolished starting on 31 August 2009, following four years of unsuccessful attempts.

= Spain =

North America

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File:Tulpetlac, Ecatepec.JPG, Mexico]]

=Bahamas=

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

=Haiti=

=Jamaica=

=Mexico=

=Puerto Rico=

South America

=Argentina=

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{{Main|Villa miseria}}

In Buenos Aires:

=Brazil=

{{Main|List of favelas in Brazil}}

Shanty towns in Brazil are referred to as favelas.

File:1 rocinha favela closeup.JPG 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=

File:Bogota Ciudad Bolivar 01.jpg]]

=Paraguay=

=Peru=

{{Main|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=

{{Main|Cantegril}}

=Venezuela=

File:Petare Slums in Caracas.jpg]]

See also

File:Campamentoutpch.JPG in Chile]]

  • Campamento (Chile){{spaced ndash}} a term in Chile to shanty towns.
  • Chengzhongcun{{spaced ndash}} less prosperous areas of urban areas in China.
  • Cortiço{{spaced ndash}} 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{{spaced ndash}} 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{{spaced ndash}} consists of physical, social, economic, organizational and environmental improvements to slums undertaken cooperatively and locally among citizens, community groups, businesses and local authorities.{{Cite web | url=http://web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading/upgrading/whatis/what-is.html | title=What Is Urban Upgrading?| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528035826/http://web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading/upgrading/whatis/what-is.html | archive-date=2013-05-28|date=2013-05-28 | publisher=MIT}}
  • Villa miseria{{spaced ndash}} a type of shanty town or slum found in Argentina
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