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Cañada Real is a shanty town in the Madrid Region of Spain, a linear succession of informal housing following a 14.4-kilometre-long stretch of the drovers' road connecting La Rioja and Ciudad Real. The largest illegal settlement in a European city, it extends through the municipalities of Coslada, Rivas-Vaciamadrid and Madrid.
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on '' France 24'' website As of 2017, it had a population of 7,283.
“Drug clans take control in shanty town where Madrid's politicians fear to tread,”
The Guardian (16 November 2009). Retrieved 28-04-2013.
Cañada Real is a shanty town in the Madrid Region of Spain, a linear succession of informal housing following a 14.4-kilometre-long stretch of the drovers' road connecting La Rioja and Ciudad Real. The largest illegal settlement in a European city, it extends through the municipalities of Coslada, Rivas-Vaciamadrid and Madrid.
Location
Cañada Real is situated on the Cañada Real Galiana, one of the traditional cattle roads running from La Rioja toCiudad Real
Ciudad Real (, ; en, "Royal City") is a municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha, capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It is the 5th most populated municipality in the region.
History
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and close to the M50 motorway, Madrid's third outer ring road. The irregular settlement features both high-end detached houses as well as pockets of extreme poverty. The initial settlement, started in the 1950s and 1960s was built on what currently forms part of the Coslada urban centre; many of the residents later bought the land from the State. It is considered the largest illegal settlement in a European city.
The Cañada Real is divided into 6 subsectors: the Sector 1 (the first 0.52-kilometre-long stretch in Coslada, ending at the limit with Madrid at the M-45), the Sector 2 (1.8-kilometre-long; between the M-45 and the M-203), the Sector 3 (0.73-kilometre-long; between the M-203 and the M-823), the Sector 4 (2-kilometre-long; between the M-823 and the ''Camino de la Partija y Santísimo''), the Sector 5 (1.45-kilometre-long; between the ''Camino de la Partija y Santísimo'' and the A-3
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) and the Sector 6 (6.7-kilometre-long; the last stretch in Madrid, going from the A-3 to the municipal border with Getafe). The Sector 6 is considered a "supermarket" for drug users.
Population
With around 8,048 inhabitants and 2,650 houses as of 2012, the Cañada Real was considered at the time to be the largest shanty town in Southern Europe. The population is mixed. It mostly houses both Spanish Romani and irregular migrants (mainly from Morocco).on '' France 24'' website As of 2017, it had a population of 7,283.
Crime
Valdemingómez, a quarter in the centre of Cañada Real, is controlled by drug gangs, and is scarred by violence. Drug users from around Madrid frequent this quarter to visit the drug markets.Giles Tremlett“Drug clans take control in shanty town where Madrid's politicians fear to tread,”
The Guardian (16 November 2009). Retrieved 28-04-2013.
See also
* Squatting in SpainReferences
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canada Real Neighbourhoods of Madrid Shanty towns in Europe Squats in Spain Rivas-Vaciamadrid