0

TOP 10…Let´s start counting down.

10 CITIES WITH THE GREATEST NUMBER (RATE) OF MURDERS IN THE WORLD

Living in Latin America can be dangerous for your health. Combination of drugs, organized crime and incompetent governments shows lethal. On the list of most dangerous cities with the greatest number of murders, only on the 21st place there is a city that is not located in South America.

Study on which this list was based, took into account only cities for which the statistical data were available, which means that cities like Alep in Syria were not on it, city in which there is bloodshed in a civil war, but for which accurate data are impossible to procure. On the list of 50 cities with greatest murder rate, 40 of them are from Latin America. Almost 80 percent of cocaine that come from South America into USA goes through Honduras, bringing with it bloody showdowns of drug gangs. Murder rate in that country is currently highest in the world, and according to issue of “Foreign policy” that come in November, murder rate in San Pedro Suli is highest in Honduras, with 159 murders on 100.000 residents in 2011. San Pedro is located in northwestern Honduras, is the main industrial center of the country and the second city in size. However, lately, business role of this city was greatly been overshadowed by violence. Find out which 10 cities are on this shameful list.

10BELEM - BRAZIL

Population: 2.100.319
Murders: 1.639
Murder Rate: 78.04
Per 100.000 inhabitants

09DURANGO - MEXICO

Population: 593.389
Murders: 474
Murder Rate: 79.88
Per 100.000 inhabitants

08CHIHUAHUA – MEXICO

Population: 831.693
Murders: 690
Murder Rate: 82.96
Per 100.000 inhabitants

07TORREON – MEXICO

Population: 1.128.152
Murders: 990
Murder Rate: 87.75
Per 100.000 inhabitants

06CARACAS - VENEZUELA

Population: 3.205.463
Murders: 3.164
Murder Rate: 98.71
Per 100.000 inhabitants

05CENTRAL DISTRICT - HONDURAS

Population: 1.126.534
Murders: 1.123
Murder Rate: 99.69
Per 100.000 inhabitants

04ACAPULCO – MEXICO

Population: 804.412
Murders: 1.029
Murder Rate: 127.92
Per 100.000 inhabitants

03MACEIO – BRAZIL

Population: 1.156.278
Murders: 1.564
Murder Rate: 135.26
Per 100.000 inhabitants

02CIUDAD JUAREZ – MEXICO

Population: 1.335.890
Murders: 1.974
Murder Rate: 147.77
Per 100.000 inhabitants

01SAN PEDRO SULA - HONDURAS

Population: 719.447
Murders: 1.143
Murder Rate: 158.87
Per 100.000 inhabitants
1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars6 Stars7 Stars8 Stars9 Stars10 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...Loading...

Simular Articles

10 UNBELIEVABLE THINGS ABOUNT NORTH KOREA
10 COUNTRIES WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS
10 BIGGEST WORLD COMPANY THAT WORKED WITH THE NAZIS
10 Places You’re Not Allowed to See on Google Maps
TOP 10 CRUEL FACTS ABOUT GENGISK KHAN
10 COUNTRIES WITH THE BIGGEST PRISON POPULATIONS
10 COUNTRIES IN WHICH CITIZENS OWN MOST GUNS
10 BIGGEST POLITICAL BLOPPERS
10 World´s Worst Dictators

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


Warning: Use of undefined constant php - assumed 'php' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /data/web/virtuals/183887/virtual/www/subdom/mytop10/wp-content/themes/bajweb_theme/single.php on line 29