pueblos jóvenes
{{Short description|Shanty town of Peru}}
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Pueblos jóvenes ({{IPA|es|ˈpweβlos ˈxoβenes|-|ES-pe - Pueblos jóvenes.ogg}}, {{Literal translation|young towns}}) is the term used for the shanty towns that surround Lima and other cities of Peru. Many of these towns have developed into districts of Lima such as Comas, Los Olivos and Villa El Salvador.
Population
Pueblos jóvenes were estimated to have over one million inhabitants in 1974. They were built on hillsides or beside rivers.{{cite book |last1=Lloyd |first1=Peter |title=The 'young Towns' of Lima: Aspects of Urbanization in Peru |date=23 October 1980 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-29688-5 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UA84AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA47 |language=en}} By 2008, it was estimated that tens of millions of Peruvians were squatting land.{{cite news |last1=Dosh |first1=Paul |title=Incremental Gains: Lima's Tenacious Squatters' Movement |url=https://nacla.org/article/incremental-gains-lima's-tenacious-squatters'-movement |access-date=3 October 2020 |work=NACLA |date=10 April 2008 |language=en}} Areas include Comas District, Los Olivos District and Villa El Salvador in Lima.{{cite web |last1=Riofrío |first1=Gustavo |title=The case of Lima, Peru |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu-projects/Global_Report/pdfs/Lima.pdf |website=UCL |access-date=3 October 2020}}{{cite web |title=Some "Young Towns" in Lima Not So Young Anymore |url=https://www.coha.org/some-young-towns-in-lima-not-so-young-anymore/ |website=COHA |access-date=3 October 2020}}
The shanty town of Medalla Milagrosa is composed of migrants from all over Peru.{{cite book |last1=Lloyd |first1=Peter |title=The 'young Towns' of Lima: Aspects of Urbanization in Peru |date=23 October 1980 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-29688-5 |page=60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UA84AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA60 |language=en}} Others are populated by Black, Amerindian, and mestizo campesinos who since the 1940s have migrated in great waves from Peru's countryside in search of economic opportunity, turning Lima into the fourth-largest city in America. Like many other rapidly industrializing cities, Lima's job market has largely been unable to keep up with this influx of people, forcing many to accept any housing available.{{Cite book|title = The 'young Towns' of Lima: Aspects of Urbanization in Peru|last = Lloyd|first = Peter|publisher = CUP Archive|year = 1980|isbn = 0521296889|location = Cambridge|pages = 143}} The Peruvian government has permitted these communities to continue largely because it realizes that, were they to eradicate them, the inhabitants would simply move elsewhere in the city's peripheral areas.
Gallery
File:Distrito de San Juan de Lurigancho (Lima).png|District of San Juan de Lurigancho
File:Barracones del Callao - panoramio.jpg|Callao
File:MINISTRA DE DEFENSA SOBREVOLÓ LA CAPITAL PARA SUPERVISAR ACATAMIENTO DE INMOVILIZACIÓN SOCIAL (50899464921).jpg|District of Agustino
File:Distrito de la Victoria desde la estación gamarra.jpg|District of La Victoria
File:An area in Lima (districts of Pachacútec and Ventanilla) (4205625597).jpg|District of Ventanilla
File:Cerros de Comas.jpg|District of Comas
File:IMG Rímac 04. Jpg.jpg|District of Rímac
File:00 San Juan de Miraflores settlement of Lima (5635162512).jpg|District of San Juan de Miraflores
File:Cerros del distrito de Villa María del Triunfo.jpg|District of Villa María del Triunfo
File:Priale,ate.jpg|District of Ate Vitarte
File:Vista de Mi Perú.jpg|District of Mi Perú
File:Carmen de la Legua Reynoso, Peru - panoramio.jpg|District of Carmen de La Legua-Reynoso
File:An area in Lima (districts of Pachacamac and Villa El Salvador) (4206371510).jpg|District of Villa el Salvador
File:IMG Carabayllo 08.jpg|Carabayllo District
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See also
- Arrabal (Puerto Rico)
- Asentamiento (Guatemala)
- Barrio (Venezuela)
- Cantegril (Uruguay)
- Favela (Brazil)
- Campamento (Chile)
- Villa Miseria (Argentina)
- Ghetto (United States)
- Colonia (United States)
References
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Category:Populated places in Peru
Category:Shanty towns in South America