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CaƱada Real

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CaƱada Real is a shanty town in the Madrid Region of Spain, a linear succession of informal housing following a 14.4-kilometre-long (8.9-mile) 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

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CaƱada Real is situated on the CaƱada Real Galiana, one of the traditional cattle roads running from La Rioja to Ciudad Real 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.[1] 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.[1] It is considered the largest illegal settlement in a European city.[2]

The CaƱada Real is divided into 6 subsectors: the Sector 1 (the first 0.52-kilometre; 570-yard long stretch in Coslada on the Camino de Santiago, ending at the limit with Madrid at the M-45), the Sector 2 (1.8 kilometres; 1.1 miles long; between the M-45 and the M-203), the Sector 3 (0.73 kilometres; 800 yards long; between the M-203 and the M-823), the Sector 4 (2 kilometres; 1+1ā„4 miles long; between the M-823 and the Camino de la Partija y SantĆ­simo), the Sector 5 (1.45 kilometres (1,590 yards) long; between the Camino de la Partija y SantĆ­simo and the A-3) and the Sector 6 (6.7 kilometres; 4Ā¼ miles long; the last stretch in Madrid, going from the A-3 to the municipal border with Getafe).[3] The Sector 6 is considered a "supermarket" for drug users.[4]

Population

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With around 8,048 inhabitants and 2,650 houses as of 2012, the CaƱada Real was considered at the time to be the largest shanty town in Southern Europe.[5] The population is mixed. It mostly houses both Spanish Romani and irregular migrants (mainly from Morocco).[6] As of 2017, it had a population of 7,283.[3]

Crime

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ValdemingĆ³mez, a quarter in the centre of CaƱada Real, is controlled by drug gangs, and is scarred by violence. Drug users from around Madrid frequent this quarter to visit the drug markets.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 AuniĆ³n, J.A. (12 July 2017). "CaƱada Real: asĆ­ se formĆ³ durante mĆ”s de 40 aƱos el mayor asentamiento irregular de EspaƱa". El PaĆ­s.
  2. ā†‘ De Vega, LuĆ­s; Ferrero, Berta (17 April 2020). "El virus excluye mĆ”s todavĆ­a al asentamiento ilegal de La CaƱada Real: 50 aƱos dentro son 70 fuera". EL PAƍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 Velasco, Patricia (16 January 2017). "Un tercio de las 7.283 personas que viven en la CaƱada Real son menores". Madridiario.
  4. ā†‘ Blasco, Pedro (30 April 2014). "Madrid deja el mayor supermercado de la droga de Europa fuera del pacto que resuelve el problema de la CaƱada Real". Voz PĆ³puli.
  5. ā†‘ Calleja, Ɓngel (27 February 2012). "El censo definitivo de la CaƱada Real: 8.048 habitantes y 2.650 construcciones ilegales". 20minutos.es.
  6. ā†‘ (in French) Article on France 24 website
  7. ā†‘ Giles Tremlett, ā€œDrug clans take control in shanty town where Madrid's politicians fear to tread,ā€ The Guardian (16 November 2009). Retrieved 28-04-2013.
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