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shantytowns: noun
shantytown: noun

shantytowns <a shantytown; shantytowns> N

shantytowns

مدن الأكواخ

shantytown <a shantytown; shantytowns> N

مدينة الأكواخ

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These shantytowns are euphemistically called "asentamientos" (settlements) or "villas de emergencia" (emergency villages). en.wikipedia.org

During the 1990s the "mustazafin" and disabled war veterans rioted on several occasions, protesting the demolition of their shantytowns and rising food prices, etc. en.wikipedia.org

Poor urban people lived in shantytowns or in tenements built for rental. en.wikipedia.org

Most of the victims were from the shantytowns built on steep hillsides that surround the city. en.wikipedia.org

What is seen in black shantytowns is the presence of family members from different families surrounding at least two or more related family members. en.wikipedia.org

For example, there are some favelas, which are the shantytowns. en.wikipedia.org

The shantytowns were bulldozed and the tunnel was chained off. en.wikipedia.org

With no housing available, they took over lands surrounding the city, creating huge shantytowns that extended for many miles. en.wikipedia.org

Around the city are many small shantytowns that cling to the mountainsides, populated by migrants who have come here looking for work. en.wikipedia.org

During the 1950s, shantytowns ("bidonvilles") developed on the outskirts of major cities. en.wikipedia.org

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