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an unincorporated settlement (as of Mexican-Americans or Mexicans) in the U.S. usually near the Mexican border that typically has poor services and squalid ...
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Colonia

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In the United States, a colonia is a type of unincorporated, low-income, slum area located along the Mexico–United States border region that emerged with the advent of shanty towns. Wikipedia
Generally, HUD and USDA Rural Development both define colonias as rural communities within the US-Mexico border region that lack adequate water, sewer, or ...
Colonia definition: (in the southwestern U.S.) a city neighborhood or a rural settlement inhabited predominantly by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.
in the southwestern U.S., a rural settlement or part of a city whose residents are mainly Mexican and Mexican-American.
In the United States, a colonia is a type of unincorporated, low-income, slum area located along the Mexico–United States border region that emerged with ...
(8) “Colonia” defined For purposes of this subsection, the term “colonia” means any identifiable community that— (A) is in the State of Arizona, California, New ...
Colonias are substandard housing developments, often found along the Texas-Mexico border, where residents lack basic services such as drinking water, ...
colony · (a group of people who form) a settlement in one country etc which is under the rule of another country ; colony · a group of people having the same ...
Noun edit · A colony, settlement. · A possession in land, land attached to a farm, estate. · (metonymically) The people composing a colony, colonists.
In Mexican urban geography, colonias are neighborhoods. The name of the colonia must be specified when writing a postal address in Mexican cities.