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Colonia
Any rural population center in Arizona, California, New Mexico or Texas within 150 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico. Colonias very often are unincorporated and are set up without government approval. As a result, colonias frequently have substandard or nonexistent municipal infrastructure.
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colonia
Residential areas along the United States side of the border with Mexico and that may lack some of the most basic living necessities,such as potable water and sewer systems,electricity,paved roads,and safe and sanitary housing.The Environmental Protection Agency estimates there are more than 1,300 colonia in Texas and New Mexico alone.
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