despoblamiento

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /despoblaˈmjento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: des‧po‧bla‧mien‧to

Noun

despoblamiento m (plural despoblamientos)

  1. depopulation
    • 2015 November 7, “Un viaje a los arrecifes de coral”, in El País:
      Como ocurre en muchos otros lugares del mundo, la población de Filipinas, de Indonesia o de Malasia se ha desplazado desde el interior del país hasta las regiones costeras buscando una mayor calidad de vida, lo que ha originado un despoblamiento del interior y una sobrepoblación en el litoral.
      As in many other parts of the world, the population of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia has moved from the interior of the country to the coastal regions in search of a better quality of life, which has led to depopulation of the interior and overpopulation in the coastline.

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