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Shanty towns in Uruguay
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Cantegril is the name given in Uruguay to a shanty town, such as those surrounding its cities including the capital Montevideo. It is equivalent to Brazil's favela and Peru's pueblos jóvenes.

Many of the settlements in Uruguay are on land subject to industrial contamination, such as in La Teja and around waterways like the Cańada Alaska in Montevideo.

According to 2007 census data, about 6% of the total Uruguayan population (174,393 people) lived in cantegriles. A documentary about the phenomenon was produced in 1958, called Cantegriles. Whilst cantegril first referred to all squatter settlements, now it only denotes shanty towns; other informal settlements are known as asentamientos irregulares.

The term is an ironic reference to Cantegril, one of the most expensive neighbourhoods of the seaside resort Punta del Este. The word cantegril originates from cante gril in Provençal dialect, meaning cricket sings. Its modern use might derive from the 1921 novel of the same name by Raymond Escholier.

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References

  1. ^ Alvarez-Rivadulla, María José (2017). Squatters and the politics of marginality in Uruguay. Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 9783319545332.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Lloyd, Peter (23 October 1980). The 'young Towns' of Lima: Aspects of Urbanization in Peru. CUP Archive. ISBN 978-0-521-29688-5.
  3. Renfrew, Daniel (2019). "Chapter 2: This is Not a Game". Life without lead : contamination, crisis, and hope in Uruguay. Oakland, California. pp. 51–82. ISBN 978-0-520-96824-0. OCLC 1102765674.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. INE - Censo Fase 1 2004: Población en asentamientos irregulares por sexo, según departamento. Archived June 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  5. "A painful face of Montevideo". EL PAIS. 2013-06-28. (in Spanish)


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