List of slums

Egypt • Ezbet el-Haggana, Cairo • Manshiyat Naser, Cairo Ghana • Amui Djor • Ashiaman • Fadama • Jamestown/Usshertown, Accra • Kojokrom • New Takoradi • Suame Magazine • Nima • Agbogbloshie Kenya • Baba Ndogo • Dandora • Fuata Nyayo • Gatwekera • Huruma • Kambi Muru • Kangemi • Kawangware • Kiambiu • Kianda • Kibera (described as the largest slum in Kenya) • Kiamaiko • Kichinjio • Kisumu Ndogo • Korogocho • Laini Saba • Lindi • Majengo, Nairobi • Juakali-Marurui, Nairobi • Makongeni • Mashimoni • Matopeni • Mathare • Mathare Valley • Mugumoini • Mukuru kwa Njenga • Mukuru slums • Nyalenda • Pumwani • Raila • Sarang'ombe • Shilanga • Siranga • Soweto East • Soweto West • Ziwa la Ng'ombe • Viwandani Liberia • Brewerville • Clara Town, Bushrod Island • Logan Town • Sinkor • Slipway • Sonewein • South Beach Bay • West Point Mauritania • Arafat • Dar-Naim • El Mina • Sebkha • Toujouonine Namibia • Africa Tongashili • Freedomland • Goreangab • Kahumba ka Ndola • Okahandja Park • Okandundu • Okantunda • Okuryangava • One Nation N° 1 • One Nation N° 2 • Ongulumbashe N° 1 • Onyika • Otjomuise • Samuel Maherero Nigeria • Agege • Ajegunle • Amukoko • Badia • Bariga • Bodija • Ijeshatedo/Itire • Ilaje • Iwaya • Makoko • Oke-Offa Babasale • Somolu • Idikan • Sasa South Africa ==Asia==

Bangladesh • Begun Bari • Duaripara (Dhaka North) • Kawnia • Korail slum (Dhaka North) • Mohammadpur • Monsur Beel / Nama Para Hong Kong • Kowloon Walled City (demolished) India • Kirti Nagar, Delhi, Delhi • Mota Varaccha Surat, Gujrat • Munirka, Delhi, Delhi • Kathputhli Colony, Delhi • Talkatora, Delhi • Pilkhana, Kolkata • Tikiapara, Kolkata • Basanti, Kolkata • Chandmari, Guwahati • Varracha, Surat, Gujrat • Dharavi, Mumbai • Banganga, Mumbai • Baiganwadi, Mumbai • Antop Hill, Mumbai • Vyasarpadi, Chennai • Royapuram, Chennai • Thiruvotriyur, Chennai • Salia Sahi, Bhubaneswar Indonesia • Kampung Dao and Kampung Muka, near Jakarta Kota railway station • Kampung Kalibaru, a 1.6 km2 slum near New Priok Container consisting of substandard housing with bad sanitation and waste management, junk warehouse, metal scrapping field, and fishing boat manufacturer which directly faces Jakarta Bay • Kampung Tanah Merah Plumpang, where the 2023 Plumpang oil depot fire occurred, killing 33 people • Kampung Muara Baru, along East towards North side of Pluit Reservoir • Kampung Kalimati, West side of Karet Bivak Cemetery • Jalan Bhakti and Jalan Remaja towards Jl. Bukit Duri Utara, officially owned by Kereta Api Indonesia but squatted since the early 1970s • Tanah Rendah, Kebon Pala, Bukit Duri and surrounding area in Matraman and Manggarai along Ciliwung River • Kampung Bahari, Kampung Kebon Pisang towards Tanjung Priuk railway station • Gang Royal, a suspected illegal prostitution area near Harbour Toll Road • Rawa Malang, a suspected illegal prostitution area near Budi Dharma Cemetery along Cakung River Drainage • Slums near railway stations and rail lines (particularly in Jakarta, Semarang and Surabaya) Iran As of 2022-23 twenty to twenty five million Iranians lived in slums. • District 14, Isfahan - Hasseh, Dark, Zeynabie Japan • Kamagasaki Pakistan • Parts of Machar Colony Previous Slums in Pakistan • Orangi, previously but status changed to municipality from 2018 onward. Philippines • Tondo, the biggest slum in the Philippines with over 600,000 people according to the 2020 census. • BASECO compound, near the port of Manila. South Korea • Guryong Village Sri Lanka • Usavi Watta (Usaui Walta) • Wanathamulla Thailand • Khlong Toei Turkey in Istanbul • Sultanbeyli, Istanbul • Çinçin, one of the most popular gecekondu (slum) located in Ankara • Hacıhüsrev, largest slum of İstanbul • Hürriyet mahallesi, Adana • Kadifekale, İzmir • Horozköy, Manisa Yemen • Mahwa Aser ==Oceania==

Australia • Little Lon district In the nineteenth century the area consisted of timber and brick cottages, shops and small factories and was home to an ethnically diverse and generally poor population. Today there are few reminders of the area's former notoriety. ==Europe==

Bulgaria • Fakulteta, Sofia • Filipovtsi, Sofia • Hristo Botev, Sofia • Stolipinovo, Plovdiv • Sheker Mahala, Plovdiv • Hadji Hassan Mahala, Plovdiv • Arman Mahala, Plovdiv • Maksuda, Varna Greece • Agia Kyriaki, Acharnes, Attica • Nea zoi, Aspropyrgos, Attica Malta • The Manderaggio, an area in Valletta that was a slum area from the 16th to the 20th centuries. It was demolished in the 1950s and replaced by housing estates. Portugal • Cova da Moura, Amadora, Lisbon • Fontainhas, Amadora, Lisbon • Venda Nova, Amadora, Lisbon • Barruncho, Lisbon • Bairro da Jamaica, Amora, Seixal Serbia • Cardboard city () in Belgrade, depopulated and demolished starting on 31 August 2009, following four years of unsuccessful attempts. Spain • Las Barranquillas, Madrid • Valdemíngomez, Madrid ==North America==

Bahamas • Over the Hill, an area south of Nassau, is the largest and most populous slum of the Bahamas with about 2.5 km2 Guatemala • La Limonada in Guatemala City is one of the largest slums in Latin America outside of Brazil, with over 60,000 people in it • in Villa Nueva • El Mezquital in Villa Nueva, with 23,000 inhabitants. It started as an emergency housing project after the 1976 Guatemala earthquake Haiti • Cité Soleil in Port-au-Prince Jamaica • Trenchtown • Mountain Bay • Vikia Mexico • Neza-Chalco-Ixta in Mexico City, is a Ciudad Perdida, rated as the world's largest mega-slum in 2006. The area extends towards the municipalities of Chimalhuacan, Los Reyes to the west of Ixtapaluca and South of Neza and Ecatepec de Morelos north of Neza in the metropolitan area periphery and with Santa Marta Acatitla in the Distrito Federal's borough of Iztapalapa. Puerto Rico • La Perla, San Juan ==South America==

Argentina In Buenos Aires: • Villa 21-24 • Villa 26 • Villa 31 • Villa 1-11-14 • Villa Zabaleta • Villa Rodrigo Bueno Brazil Shanty towns in Brazil are referred to as favelas. • Vila Parisi, Cubatão 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, Rio de Janeiro • Jacarezinho, Rio de Janeiro • Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro • Manguinhos, Rio de Jainero • Morro da Babilônia, Rio de Jainero • Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro • Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro • Vigário Geral, Rio de Janeiro • Ilha das Cobras, Rio de Janeiro • Heliópolis, São Paulo • Paraisópolis, São Paulo Colombia • Ciudad Bolívar (Bogotá) • Siloé (Cali) Paraguay • Bañados del Río Paraguay Peru 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. • Comas • Villa El Salvador • San Juan de Lurigancho • Cono Sur Uruguay • Presidente Kennedy, Punta del Este Venezuela • Miguel Peña Parish • Libertador Bolivarian Municipality in Caracas ==See also==