Back Zeltlager German Tent city English Tenda urbo Esperanto Шаторска населба Macedonian Cidade de barracas Portuguese 帳篷城市 Chinese
A tent city is used to describe a variety of temporary housing facilities made using tents. Informal tent cities may be set up without authorization by homeless people or protesters. As well, state governments or military organizations set up tent cities to house refugees, evacuees, or soldiers. Tent cities set up by homeless people may be similar to shanty towns, which are informal settlements in which the buildings are made from of scrap building materials.