Cantegril

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Cantegril is the local name given to the shanty towns that surround Montevideo and other cities in Uruguay.^[1] The same phenomena is known as favela in Brazil, and pueblos jóvenes in Peru.^[1][2] The name is intended to be ironic, since Cantegril is one of the most expensive neighbourhoods of the international seaside resort Punta del Este.^[3] Originally it comes from Provençal dialect cante gril which means cricket sing, probably taken from homonymous novel by Raymond Escholier in 1921.^{[citation needed]} According to 2007 census data, about 6% of the total Uruguayan population (174,393 people) lived in cantegriles.^[4] A documentary about the phenomenon was produced in 1958, called Cantegriles. Whilst cantegril first referred to all squatter settlements, now it only denotes shanty towns and other informal settlements are known as asentamientos irregulares.^[1]: 33

See also[]

• Squatting in Uruguay
• Padre Cacho

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