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A red-light district is a neighborhood where prostitution is common. The term was first recorded in the United States around 1890, and derives from the practice of placing a red light in the window to indicate to customers the (often illegal) nature of the business. This is based on the biblical story of Rahab, a prostitute in Jericho who aided the spies of Joshua and identified her house with a red light.Interestingly, one of the many terms used for a red-light district in Japanese is akasen (赤線), meaning "red-line district".
1 Famous red-light districts
1.1 Africa
- Avenue Lalla Yacout - Casablanca, Morocco
- Wagh el Birket - Cairo, Egypt
- Petit Socco - TangierTangier (in Berber and Arabic Tanja in Spanish Tanger and in French Tanger is a city of northern Morocco with a population of 350,000, or 550,000 including suburbs. It lies on the North African coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar., Morocco
1.2 Asia-Pacific
- Clinton PlazaClinton Plaza was a red light district in Bangkok, Thailand, located on Sukhumvit Road between Soi 13 and Soi 15. The plaza began as a collection of beer bars in 1998; it was named after the former U. president Bill Clinton the following year, and go-go b - BangkokCapitals in Asia Bangkok (in Thai or Krung Thep Krung Thep Mahanakhon , population 8,538,610 ( 1990), is the capital and largest city of Thailand. The city is located on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand. Bangkok is one of, ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is a country in southeast Asia, bordering Laos and Cambodia to the east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to the south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to the west. Thailand is also known as Siam which was the country's official n
- GeylangGeylang is a neighbourhood of the city-state of Singapore east of its central business district area. The neighbourhood has been the center of Singapore's Malay community since Malays and Orang Laut settled there after the British authorities dispersed th - SingaporeThe Republic of Singapore ( Chinese , pinyin: Xinjiapo Gonghegu Malay Republik Singapura Tamil , Cingkappur Kudiyarasu , is an island city-state in Southeast Asia, at latitude 1°17'35"N longitude 103°51'20"E, situated on the southern tip of Malay Peninsul
- KabukichoKabukicho is a district of Tokyo, Japan, located near Shinjuku Station. Known as the city's traditional "pleasure quarters," it is still known as a red-light district, but has also become a major shopping, restaurant, and nightclub area as well. The distr - TokyoTokyo (; Tokyo lit. eastern capital) is the capital of Japan as well as the most populous conurbation in Japan, and the world's largest metropolitan area by population with 33,750,000 people living within its urban influence. A little more than 12 million, Japan
- Kings Cross - Sydney, Australia
- Patpong - Bangkok, Thailand
- Yoshiwara - Tokyo, Japan (in Edo period)
- Hira Mandi - Lahore, Pakistan
- Kamathipura - Mumbai, India
- Wanchai - Hong Kong
- Gion - Kyoto, Japan
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