Campamento (Chile)

A campamento in Chile

In Chile, the term campamento (camp or tent city) is used to refer to shanty towns that emerged rapidly between the 1960s and 1980s. Synonymous terms for campamentos include "villas miserias" (misery slums), "colonias populares" (popular colonies), and "barrios marginales" (marginal neighborhoods).[1]

  1. ^ Catastro Nacional de Campamentos 2022-2023. Santiago, Chile: TECHO. March 2023.