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.

[16][17] In Buenos Aires: Shanty towns in Brazil are referred to as favelas.

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.

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A Villa Miseria in Argentina
A favela in Brazil
Taxi drivers waiting for fares near the beachfront slum in Accra's Jamestown
A view of Kibera
Slum improvement in Delhi, 1983
A slum in Karachi
A Gecekondu in Istanbul
Model of Valletta's Manderaggio before demolition
A living area at the former Cardboard city
Cité Soleil, 2002
Housing development at Iztapalapa
A slum in the hillside at Ecatepec , Mexico
Villa 31 in Buenos Aires
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
Ciudad Bolívar (Bogotá)
Petare slum in Caracas
A campamento in Chile