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This is a list of slums in Bangladesh.. Begun Bari [1]; Bhola (Dhaka North) [2] City Palli (Dhaka South) Driver Colony (Dhaka South) Duaripara (Dhaka North) Kawnia; Korail slum (Dhaka North)
This is a 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. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between ...
After the flooding subsided, many refugees decided to live in informal settlements on the periphery of Dhaka rather than going home. [2]: 25–26 These are known as "bastees". [4] At the time this was the only available option since there was already a housing deficit of 47,195 units and little option to rent, except in the innercity slums ...
"Slum ablaze in Bangladesh". NBC News. 20 September 2012. "Documenting global hope through image: Photojournalist shares experience". Women's News Network. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019 Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh is a city of slums ... 5,000 slums in the Dhaka metropolitan area ...
[13] The religious breakdown was Muslim 99.46% (93,095), Hindu 0.52% (491), Christian 0.01% (11), Buddhist 0.00% (4), and others 0.00% (00).. A 2006 survey of slums in Bangladesh found that the single largest concentration of slums in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area was in Kamrangirchar, and reported that of the approx. 300,000 people living there, 265,000 are slum dwellers.
Agriculture, slums, and industry. Olifants River South Africa and Mozambique: Close to the historical area of the Pedi people, Sekhukhuneland. [12] Green algae and very high sulphate levels attributed to coal mining and industry in the upper catchment. [13] [14] Osun River: Osun State, Nigeria: One of the river goddesses in Yorubaland. [15]
The thana, with a total area of 6.42 km 2 (2.48 sq mi), is situated in the northeast of Dhaka city. It is bounded by Shah Ali Thana and Pallabi Thana on the north, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Thana and Darus Salam Thana on the south, Pallabi Thana and Kafrul Thana on the east and Shah Ali Thana and Darus Salam Thana on the west.
A street child in Srimangal Railway Station, Bangladesh. A street child in Bangladesh is a young person "for whom the street (in the widest sense of the word, including unoccupied dwellings, wasteland, etc.) has become his or her habitual abode and/or source of livelihood; and who is inadequately protected, supervised, or directed by responsible adults”.