Shanty town
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A shanty town is a settlement of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks, typically made of materials such as mud and wood, or from cheap building materials such as corrugated iron sheets. A
Picture of a shanty town over "La Planicie" tunnel, created because of the rural flight to Caracas.
Shacks in Villa 31, near Retiro Station, Buenos Aires, Argentina, showing construction.
Some shanty towns have an informal economy, such as garbage scavenging, pottery-making, textiles, or leather works, providing some income. In Ezbet Al Nakhl, Cairo, Egypt, garbage is scavenged (residential area at top of image).
A shanty town in Hong Kong.
Cañada Real
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Cañada Real is a shanty town in the Madrid Region of Spain, a linear succession of informal housing following a 14.4-kilometre-long stretch of the drovers' road connecting La Rioja and Ciudad Real. Th
Shanty town
…and gecekondu in Turkey. Shanty towns are mostly found in developing nations, but also in the cities of developed nations, such as Athens and Madrid. Cañada Real is considered the largest informal settlement in Europe. Shanty towns are sometimes found on places such as railway sidings, swampland or disputed…
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