shantytown

Noun

Meaning

a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties

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A shantytown grew in the west end of the city along the Mississippi River. Source: Internet

Announce that groups will be focusing on different shantytown communities around the world, including Umoja, to profile in a Web site on slum dwelling in the 21st century. Source: Internet

As of the end of September 2017, Beijing has surpassed its annual target number of homes, investments and people involved in shantytown renovations, which resulted in helping 235,000 Beijingers. Source: Internet

Be warned, though: Increasing tourism has helped to transform Rocinha from a sprawling shantytown into a semi-developed urban slum, so it’s perhaps less gritty than the average poverty tourist might prefer. Source: Internet

Famously, many Bolivians live in Villa 31, a shantytown which spreads out from the port of Buenos Aires. Source: Internet

Xi inspected a shantytown renovation project in Arshaan and urged the local government to improve living conditions for the local people. Source: Internet

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