page_title: Slums in Metro Manila
section_title: Tondo
hierarchical_section_title: Slums in Metro Manila / Locations of slums / City of Manila / Tondo
caption_attribution_description: Smokey Mountain in Manila, Philippines
context_page_description: Slums are traditionally described as dense urban settlements, usually displaying characteristics such as crowded and compact housing units, informal delivery of utilities, and unofficial recognition by local government. In the Philippines, residents of slum areas are commonly referred to as "squatters" and have historically been subject to relocation or forced demolition. With a steadily growing metropolitan area, Metro Manila is subject to a densifying population of slum dwellers—a 2014 article states that Manila has an estimated 4 million people living in slums.
context_section_description: Tondo is the largest of the 16 districts of the City of Manila in terms of population and land area. It is also the most densely populated district in the city.
caption: Smokey Mountain in 2011. Mid-rise social housing apartments were built to rehouse slum residents after the closure of the landfill in 1995 that once occupied the area.
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