Mahwa 'Aser () is a
slum
A slum is a highly populated Urban area, urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are p ...
community in
San‘a’
Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the ''de jure'' capital and largest List of cities in Yemen, city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrativ ...
, the capital city of
Yemen
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...
. Mahwa Aser is home to an estimated 17,000 people, these people live in informal housing without access to sanitation. The poor living conditions in the slum have a serious negative impact on the health of residents. There is no school in Mahwa Aser.
In July 2008, police were deployed in Mahwa Aser to undertake the eviction of residents who had recently moved to the area. There were violent clashes between police and residents. Approximately ten homes were demolished.
[IRIN 2008]
'YEMEN: Police clash with slum-dwellers in Sanaa'
''IRIN'', 21 July. Retrieved on 22 July 2008.
See also
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ʽAsr
ʽAsr, or Qaryat ʽAsr ( ), also transliterated as ʽAsir, is a western suburb of Sanaa, Yemen, located in Main District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate. It is located just north of the road to al-Hudaydah, at the western edge of the Sanaa plain ...
References
Shanty towns in Yemen
Sanaa
Slums in Asia
Villages in Sanaa Governorate
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