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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 (9 mile) stretch of the drovers' road connecting La Rioja and Ciudad Real.
Picture of a shanty town over "La Planicie" tunnel, created because of the rural flight to Caracas.. A shanty town, squatter area, squatter settlement, or squatter camp 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 tin sheets.
During the heroin epidemic that afflicted Spain in the 1980s and 1990s, gitano shanty towns became central to the drug trade, a problem that afflicts Spain to this day. [34] Nevertheless, Spain is still considered a model for integration of gitano communities when compared to other countries with Romani populations in Eastern Europe. [35]
Belchite, Spain. Belchite, in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, is one of the best-known ghost towns in Spain. Before the 1930s, Belchite was a growing city, with many services. As a consequence of the Battle of Belchite, during the Spanish Civil War, the city was totally destroyed.
Whilst cantegril first referred to all squatter settlements, now it only denotes shanty towns; other informal settlements are known as asentamientos irregulares. [1]: 33 The term is an ironic reference to Cantegril, one of the most expensive neighbourhoods of the seaside resort Punta del Este. [5]
Shanty towns in Brazil are referred to as favelas. Vila Parisi, Cubatão; Rocinha 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. Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro; Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro; Santa Marta ...
A shanty town (also called a squatter settlement) is a type of slum settlement (sometimes illegal or unauthorized) containing improvised dwellings made from scrap materials: often plywood, corrugated metal, and sheets of plastic. Shanty towns, which are usually built on the periphery of cities, often do not have proper sanitation, electricity ...
Pages in category "Shanty towns in Europe" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cañada Real;
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