Life in Hidden City, one of the largest slums in the city of Buenos Aires, is marked by a deep despair.

ciudad_oculta Hidden City is the name by which it is known to Villa 15 (originally known as Barrio General Belgrano), an informal settlement or shantytown located in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Hidden City is the name by which it is known to Villa 15 (originally known as Barrio General Belgrano1), an informal settlement or shantytown located in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

ciudad_oculta_mapa Would have started as a neighborhood of nearby workers Slaughterhouse Cattle Market, railway companies and Refrigerator Lisandro de la Torre, about the year 1937, but already during the 1940s, with the arrival of large social sectors lower class Argentine provinces as a result of the industrialization process of Buenos Aires slum originated one that would grow and assert over the years.

With an estimated population of 30,000, this town is considered one of the largest in the city. It belongs to the neighborhood of Villa Lugano.

Would have started as a neighborhood of nearby workers Slaughterhouse Cattle Market, railway companies and Refrigerator Lisandro de la Torre, about the year 1937, but already during the 1940s, with the arrival of large social sectors lower class Argentine provinces as a result of the industrialization process of Buenos Aires slum originated one that would grow and assert over the years.

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