Template:POTD/2008-12-09: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Holly Cheng (talk | contribs) moving to talk page |
Removing reference to deleted Template:POTD protected/2008-12-09. If this bot is malfunctioning, please report it at User:AnomieBOT III/shutoff/POTDPageDeleter |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|title=[[Shanty town]] |
|title=[[Shanty town]] |
||
|texttitle=Shanty town, Soweto |
|texttitle=Shanty town, Soweto |
||
|caption=A '''[[shanty town]]''' |
|caption=A '''[[shanty town]]''' on the outskirts of [[Soweto]], [[South Africa]]. Shanty towns are settlements of [[poverty|impoverished]] people who live in improvised dwellings made from scrap [[plywood]], [[Corrugated galvanised iron|corrugated metal]], and sheets of [[plastic]]. Shanty towns, which are usually built on the periphery of cities, often do not have proper [[sanitation]], [[electric power|electricity]], or [[telephone]] services. |
||
|credit=Photo credit: [[Commons:User:Matt-80|Matt-80]] |
|credit=Photo credit: [[Commons:User:Matt-80|Matt-80]] |
||
}}<noinclude>[[Category:Wikipedia Picture of the day December 2008]] |
}}<noinclude>[[Category:Wikipedia Picture of the day December 2008]] |
||
</noinclude> |
|||
==See also== |
|||
*[[Template:POTD protected/2008-12-09]]</noinclude> |
|||
Latest revision as of 00:08, 18 March 2019
A shanty town on the outskirts of Soweto, South Africa. Shanty towns are settlements of impoverished people who live in improvised dwellings made from scrap plywood, corrugated metal, and sheets of plastic. Shanty towns, which are usually built on the periphery of cities, often do not have proper sanitation, electricity, or telephone services.Photo credit: Matt-80