About this picture: Cite Soleil, English: Sun City is a very densely populated commune located in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in Haiti.
It has development as a shanty town. Most of its estimated 200, 000 to 300, 000 residents live in extreme poverty.
The area is generally regarded as one of the poorest and most dangerous areas of the Western Hemisphere's poorest country; it is one of the biggest slums in the Northern Hemisphere.
There is little police presence, no sewers, no stores, and little to no electricity.
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