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Table 1 The slums of the six city corporations: basic characteristics

From: The 2005 census and mapping of slums in Bangladesh: design, select results and application

City

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

Dhaka Metropolitan Area

4,966

9,136,182

3,420,521

5,715,661

1.67

37.4

29,857

220,246

19,677

0.089

Chittagong

1,814

4,133,014

1,465,028

2,667,986

1.82

35.4

23,299

255,100

15,543

0.061

Khulna

520

966,837

188,442

778,395

4.13

19.5

20,346

132,988

16,884

0.127

Rajshahi

641

489,514

156,793

332,721

2.12

32.0

9,544

67,236

6,796

0.101

Barisal

351

365,059

109,705

255,354

2.33

30.1

7,152

133,730

5,084

0.038

Sylhet

756

356,440

97,676

258,764

2.65

27.4

12,961

154,741

9,630

0.062

  1. a) Number of slum communities
  2. b) Overall 2005 population (estimate)
  3. c) Slum population
  4. d) Non-slum population
  5. e) Ratio of non-slum to slum population
  6. f) Slum population as a percent of city population
  7. g) Overall population density (persons per Km2)
  8. h) Slum population density (persons per Km2)
  9. i) Non-slum population density (persons per Km2)
  10. j) Ratio of non-slum to slum population density
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International Journal of Health Geographics

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