Clara Town is a slum located on Bushrod IslandinMonrovia, the capital of Liberia.[1][2] It is built upon a swamp.[2] Clara Town was one of several ethnic communes that was squatted in the outskirts of Monrovia.[3] Clara Town had around 4,500 inhabitants in 1964 out of whom 99% were Kru.[4]
An area within Clara Town is named "Struggle Community".[2] According to The New Humanitarian this zone is "a network of haphazard, rubbish-strewn streets, many of which are flooded for several months of the year".[2] In this area, 10,000 residents share two privately owned water taps.[2] Clara Town's 75,000 people shared 11 public toilets and 22 public taps in 2009.[2]
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