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American squat toilet with tank (Saline, Michigan)
A contemporary Japanese squat toilet including toilet slippers

A squat toilet (also known as an Arabic, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Iranian, Indian, Pakistani, Turkish or Natural-Position toilet; or Nile pan[1]) is a toilet used by squatting, rather than sitting. There are several types of squat toilets, but they all consist essentially of a hole in the ground. The only exception is a "pedestal" squat toilet, which is of the same height as a sitting toilet. It is also possible to squat over sitting toilets, but this requires extra care as they are not specifically designed for squatting.

For a discussion of the comparison between sitting and squatting, see Human defecation postures.

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Squat toilets in Rochdale shopping centre". BBC News. 15 July 2010. 

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Thailand National News Bureau
Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:10:08 -0700

BANGKOK, April 29, 2013 (NNT) – The Health Ministry is continuing its campaign that calls on the whole country to give up the use of squat toilet to lessen risks of arthritis. Deputy Health Minister Cholanan Srikaew said on Monday that the Cabinet ...
 
The Local.fr
Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:02:43 -0700

The entire time he was kept in a squat toilet, a room smaller than three square metres "with no access to daylight or any reference point" only a naked light bulb kept on 24 hours a day non-stop. He slept, curled up like a dog on a small, thin mattress ...

TheChronicleHerald.ca

TheChronicleHerald.ca
Sat, 11 May 2013 06:22:12 -0700

She led me to a family-run flophouse with crumbling walls and dirty, squat toilet bathrooms, but also bedrooms with crisp white sheets, working Internet and a TV with about 100 cable stations. It cost 30 renminbi, and it was perfect. I left my bags ...
 
The Nation.
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:03:21 -0700

Maher's family has a small combination heater-stove courtesy of a charity organization, no refrigerator, and a four-foot-square bathroom with a squat toilet. The walls are peeling so badly that picking at the paint is a pastime for the children. Maher ...
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