Clara Town

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Clara Town located on a map of greater Monrovia. Shantytown map Monrovia (cropped).jpg
Clara Town located on a map of greater Monrovia.
Clara Town is across the bridge on Bushrod Island. To the left of the photo is the slum of West Point. Slums Monrovia Liberia West Africa July 2013.jpg
Clara Town is across the bridge on Bushrod Island. To the left of the photo is the slum of West Point.

Clara Town is a slum located on Bushrod Island in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. [1] [2] It is built upon a swamp. [2] Clara Town was one of several ethnic communes that was squatted in the outskirts of Monrovia. [3] Clara Town had around 4,500 inhabitants in 1964 out of whom 99% were Kru. [4]

An area within Clara Town is named "Struggle Community". [2] According to The New Humanitarian this zone is "a network of haphazard, rubbish-strewn streets, many of which are flooded for several months of the year". [2] In this area, 10,000 residents share two privately owned water taps. [2] Clara Town's 75,000 people shared 11 public toilets and 22 public taps in 2009. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Maps of Major Streets in Monrovia". Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LIBERIA: Disease rife as more people squeeze into fewer toilets", IRIN News, 19 November 2009.
  3. ↑ Robert A. Obudho; Constance C. Mhlanga (1988). Slum and Squatter Settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa: Toward a Planning Strategy. Praeger. p. 45. ISBN   978-0-275-92309-9.
  4. ↑ Willi Schulze (1973). Liberia: länderkundl. Dominanten u. regionale Strukturen. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. p. 131. ISBN   978-3-534-05821-1.
  5. ↑ Talk Football, "Liberian Football Legend Profile: George Weah"

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