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Campamento

In Chile, the term campamento is used to refer to shanty towns that emerged rapidly between the 1960s and 1980s.

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Synonymous terms for campamentos include "villas miserias", "colonias populares", and "barrios marginales".

How locals move

Getting around Campamento the local way

  • Get inA somewhat unusual means of transportation is the cable car, that links Argüelles with the Casa de Campo (zoo and theme park) while offering a great view of the city.

From Wikivoyage: Madrid/Moncloa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Diego Delso (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.