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Slum Dwellers Doubled
In the last 17 years, the number
of people living in slums in the
Greater Metropolitan Area (GMA)
-which extends from San Ramon,
Alajuela, to Paraiso, Cartago -
doubled.
In 1987, there were 104 slums
with 62,000 people, 4.5% of the
population of the GMA.
Last year, the number of slums
went up to 197 and the dwellers
of hovels to 135,000, or 6.21%
of the residents of the GMA.
However, the increase in this
17-year period in the number of
residents in slums - 55% - was
lower than that in the overall
figure for the GMA, which was
65%.
The data is recorded in the 11th
State of the Nation Report,
which is issued yearly.
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