Red-light districts are areas associated with the sex industry and sex-oriented businesses (e.g. sex shops and strip clubs). In some of these places prostitution occurs, whether legally or illegally. The enforcement of prostitution laws varies by region. Following is a partial list of well known red-light districts around the world, both current and historical. Africa Algeria Prostitution is legal but third-party involvement is prohibited. Constantine Rahbat al-Jammal (defunct) Burkina Faso Prostitution is not specifically prohibited by the law, but soliciting and pimping are illegal. Ouagadougou Dapoya Egypt Prostitution in Egypt is illegal. Alexandria Kom al-Nadura (defunct) Kom Bakir (defunct) Al-Tartushi (defunct) Cairo Wagh El Birket (defunct) Ivory Coast Prostitution in Ivory Coast is legal. Abidjan Marcory Zone 4 Rue Princesse Kenya Prostitution is illegal. Nairobi Koinange Street Mauritania Prostitution in Mauritania is illegal. Nouakchott El Mina Morocco Prostitution is illegal. South Africa Prostitution is illegal. Tunisia Prostitution is regulated. Tunis Sidi Abdallah Guech Asia Bangladesh Prostitution in Bangladesh is legal and regulated. Cambodia Prostitution is illegal, but tolerated. Phnom Penh Svay Pak China Prostitution is illegal. Hong Kong Prostitution itself is not illegal but operating a brothel is illegal. Lockhart Road Sham Shui Po/Fuk Wa Street India Prostitution is legal when performed by a person acting alone in private but public solicitation, brothels and pimping are illegal (however in practice prostitution is tolerated and regulated). Indonesia Prostitution is illegal in non-regulated areas. Prostitution is legal in some locations (including pimping and maintaining a brothel). Iran Prostitution in Iran is illegal, and incurs various punishments ranging from fines and jail terms to execution for repeat offenders. Tehran Shahr-e No (demolished 1980) Iraq Prostitution in Iraq is illegal, and penalties are severe. Baghdad Al-Battaween Bataween Haifa Street/Salhia neighborhood Kamaliyah () Zayouna Israel Tel Aviv Old bus station area. Japan Prostitution is illegal but narrowly defined. Many sexual acts for pay that would be considered to be prostitution in other countries are legal. Jordan Prostitution is illegal. Amman Jubeiha Sweifieh Kyrgyzstan Prostitution is legal but pimping and operating a brothel are illegal. Bishkek Pravda Street South Korea Prostitution is illegal, but in practice it is tolerated and regulated. Malaysia Prostitution in most of Malaysia is legal and widespread, though there are laws against prostitution-related activities. However, prostitution is illegal in Malaysia's Kelantan state. Kuala Lumpur Brickfields area: Jalan Hicks and Jalan Thamibipilly Bukit Bintang: Jalan Alor and Changkat Bukit Bintang Chow Kit Jalan