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Biggest Slums on a World Map

Below is the list of the 30 most populous megaslums in 2005 according to Mike Davis' book "Planet of Slums". Can you name the cities in whose vicinity they exist?
This list can be criticised for many reasons, e.g. the definition of a slum seems to vary, and the extent included aswell.
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Last updated: November 9, 2025
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Pop.
Slum
City
4.0 mil
Neza/Chalco/Izta
Mexico City
2.2 mil
Libertador
Caracas
2.0 mil
El Sur/Ciudad Bolivar
Bogota
1.5 mil
San Juan de Lurigancho
Lima
1.5 mil
Cono Sur
Lima
1.5 mil
Ajegunle
Lagos
1.5 mil
Sadr City
Baghdad
1.5 mil
Soweto
Johannesburg
1.3 mil
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Gaza City
1.2 mil
Orangi
Karachi
1.2 mil
Cape Flats
Cape Town
1.2 mil
Pikine
Dakar
1.0 mil
Imbaba
Cairo
1.0 mil
Ezbet El-Haggana
Cairo
0.8 mil
Cazenga
Luanda
Pop.
Slum
City
0.8 mil
Dharavi
Mumbai
0.8 mil
Kibera
Nairobi
0.8 mil
El Alto
La Paz
0.8 mil
City of the Dead
Cairo
0.6 mil
Sucre
Caracas
0.6 mil
Islamshahr
Tehran
0.6 mil
Tlalpan
Mexico City
0.5 mil
Inanda/Ntuzuma/KwaMashu
Durban
0.5 mil
Manshiet Nasr
Cairo
0.5 mil
Altındağ
Ankara
0.5 mil
Mathare
Nairobi
0.5 mil
Aguablanca
Cali
0.5 mil
Agege
Lagos
0.5 mil
Cité-Soleil
Port-au-Prince
0.5 mil
Masina
Kinshasa
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