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This is a list of slums. A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between 1990 and 2005. [1] However, due to rising population, and the rise especially in urban populations, the number of slum dwellers is rising. One billion people worldwide live in slums [2] and the figure is projected to grow to 2 billion by 2030. [3]
As of 2022-23 twenty to twenty five million Iranians lived in slums. [16] [17]
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Range of boundaries of District 1 are from Shohada Square in the north, Enghelab square in south till Vahid bridge, East from Charbagh to Enghelab Square, in the west from Vahid bridge until Islamic republic square.
Isfahan Wildlife Park پارک آمورشی حیات وحش also called Soffeh Zoo پارک وحش صفه is a 5000 meters zoo located in Mount Soffeh park, District 5, Isfahan, Iran run by Isfahan Municipality. Around 318 rescue animals and 3 cloned animals from 36 species were held in the facility as of 1399 mostly in 2 meter cell spaces. This zoo has been highly criticized for its animal cruelty conditions. It was closed an repurposed to animal nursing for a full year since Covid in 2020. It was proposed to be closed down and another safari park be developed in East Park of Isfahan so as to earn revenue for the city's tourism It is supervised through department of environment. The zoo doesn't have green space. City council had tried to close it down in 2020.In August 2024 animals in there were passing out due to heat because of poor air ventilation.
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