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1 | Original/Current Name | Country | US State | Date Started | Purpose | Location | Nearby City | Primary Industry | Initial Target Population | Target Date | Current Population | Population Date | Notes | Sources available by request | ||||||||||
2 | Ali Mendjeli | Algeria | 1988 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 14 km to Constantine | 300,000 | 200,000 | 2012 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Abu Nuseir New Town | Jordan | 1977 | Resettlement | Satellite New Town | 14 km to Amman | Palestinian resettlement town | 40,000 | n.d. | |||||||||||||||
4 | Abuja | Nigeria | 1976 | Capital | Freestanding | 1,235,880 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Agadir | Morocco | 1960 | Reconstruction | Freestanding | After earthquake | 54,000 | 421,844 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
6 | Ahwatukee | United States | Arizona | 1971 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 14 km to Phoenix | 42,000 | 77,061 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Ajax | Canada | 1948 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 30 km to Toronto | 20,000-30,000 | 109,600 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Akademgorodok | Russia | 1960 | Military/Research | Satellite New Town | 30 km to Novosibirsk | Educational and scientific research | 50,000 | 139,400 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Akhtubinsk | Russia | 1959 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 132 km to Volgograd | 30,000 | 38,507 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
10 | Al Shorouk | Egypt | 1995 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 40 km to Cairo | 500,000 | 170,000 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Al-Badr | Egypt | 1982 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 51 km to Cairo | 840,000 | 140,000 | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Al'met'yevsk | Russia | 1950 | Industrial | Freestanding | Oil | 49,000 | 1959 | 151,157 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
13 | Alamar | Cuba | 1970 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 20 km to Havana | 90,000 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Albury-Wodonga | Australia | 1973 | Industrial | Freestanding | 300,000 | 104,609 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
15 | Almere | Netherlands | 1970 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 25 km to Amsterdam | 125,000-250,000 | 198,315 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||
16 | Almetyevsk | Russia | 1953 | Industrial | Freestanding | Oil processing | 151,157 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
17 | Amursk | Russia | 1958 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 45 km to Komsomolsk-on-Amur | Pulp mill | 40,803 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
18 | Andisheh | Iran | 1990 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 30 km to Tehran | 132,000 | 85,500 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
19 | Ang Mo kio | Singapore | 1972 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 9 km to downtown Singapore | Retail and light industries | 220,000 | 174,770 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
20 | Angarsk | Russia | 1949 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 37 km to Irkutsk | Chemicals and oil | 204,000 | 1970 | 227,507 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
21 | Angered | Sweden | 1968 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 11 km to Gothenburg | Million Programme | 150,000 | 41,208 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
22 | Anyang | South Korea | 1949 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 25 km to Seoul | Textiles, manufacturing industries | 106,000 | 608,309 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
23 | Anzhero-Sudzhensk | Russia | 1928 | Industrial | Freestanding | Coal mining | 73,705 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
24 | Apatity | Russia | 1935 | Industrial | Freestanding | Administrative center; apatite mining | 134,000 | 1967 | 57,398 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
25 | Aprilia | Italy | 1936 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 37 km to Rome | Fascist New Town | 73,446 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
26 | Aranya Community Housing | India | 1989 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 6 km to Indore | 60,000 | No info - does not overlap with jurisdiction | ||||||||||||||||
27 | Arsenyev | Russia | 1902 | Industrial | Freestanding | 160 km to Vladivostok | Aviation industry | 53,543 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
28 | Artyom | Russia | 1924 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 26 km to Vladivostok | 103,925 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
29 | Ashdod | Israel | 1956 | Resettlement | Satellite New Town | 35 km Tel Aviv Port | Power, various industries | 350,000 | 218,000 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
30 | Ashkelon | Israel | 1951 | Industrial | Freestanding | Oil; desalination plant | 40,000-60,000 | 126,800 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
31 | Ashok Nagar | India | 1964 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 8 km to Chennai | 60,000 | 81,828 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||
32 | Asmara | Eritrea | 1930 | Capital | Freestanding | 380,568 | 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
33 | Astana | Kazakhstan | 1994 | Capital | Freestanding | National | 872,655 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
34 | Atlantis | South Africa | 1972 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 50 km to Cape Town | 500,000 | 69,055 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||
35 | Baharestan | Iran | 1990 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 4 km to Tehran | 500,000 | 70,000 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
36 | Ballymena | United Kingdom | 1967 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 40 km to Belfast | Mark Three New Town | 60,000 | 33,249 | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
37 | Bandar Baru Bangi | Malaysia | 1974 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 21 km to Kuala Lumpur | Knowledge industries | 60,000 | No info - does not overlap with jurisdiction | |||||||||||||||
38 | Bandar Mahkota Cheras (BMC) | Malaysia | 1999 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 20 km to Kuala Lumpur | 50,000 | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
39 | Banja Luka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1969 | Reconstruction | Freestanding | Post-earthquake | 150,997 | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
40 | Baoshan District | China | 1959 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 20 km to Shanghai | Steel factory | 2,024,000 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
41 | Basildon | United Kingdom | 1949 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 50 km to London | Mark One New Town | 130,000 | 111,712 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
42 | Batikent | Turkey | 1983 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 12 km to Ankara | 250,000 | 200,000 | 2000 | |||||||||||||||
43 | Bedok | Singapore | 1971 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 9 km to downtown Singapore | Retail and light industries | 210,000 | 289,750 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
44 | Beer Sheva | Israel | 1951 | Resettlement | Freestanding | Development Town Program | 40,000-60,000 | 201,100 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
45 | Beilun District | China | 1970s | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 33 km to Ningbo | Deep sea port | 390,182 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
46 | Beit Shemesh | Israel | 1950 | Resettlement | Satellite New Town | 21 km to Jerusalem | Development Town Program | 98,100 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
47 | Beitar Illit | Israel | 1984 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 10 km to Jerusalem | West Bank settlement town | 46,900 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
48 | Belconnen | Australia | 1966 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 7 km to Canberra | 120,000 | 92,444 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||
49 | Belogorsk | Russia | 1926 | Industrial | Freestanding | Trans-Siberian railway town | 67,216 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
50 | Belovo | Russia | 1938 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 90 km to Novokuznetsk | Coal mining | 116,000 | 1967 | 74,046 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
51 | Berezniki | Russia | 1932 | Industrial | Freestanding | Chemicals | 134,000 | 1967 | 148,955 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
52 | Berlin-Hellersdorf | Germany | 1950s | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 14 km to Berlin | 78,078 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
53 | Beryozovsky | Russia | 1965 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 32 km to Kemerovo | Gold-mining | 47,352 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
54 | Beslan | Russia | 1950 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 21 km to Vladikavkaz | Corn-processing | 37,063 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
55 | Bhadrāvati | India | 1941 | Industrial | Freestanding | Iron ore | 40,000 | 151,102 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||
56 | Bhilai | India | 1956 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 10 km to Durg | Steel and associated industries | 200,000 | 1,064,222 | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
57 | Bhubaneshwar | India | 1948 | Capital | Freestanding | Provincial capital | 500,000 | 885,363 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||
58 | Bidhannagar (Salt Lake City) | India | 1958 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 6 km to Calcutta | Information Technology | 215,514 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||
59 | Bijlmermeer-Gaasperdam | Netherlands | 1960 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 8 km to Amsterdam | 100,000 | 83,743 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
60 | Binhai New Area | China | 1995 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 30 km to Tianjin | Special Economic Zone for Shipping and Logistics | 2,635,200 | 2012 | |||||||||||||||
61 | Birobidzan | Russia | 1931 | Industrial | Freestanding | Trans-Siberian railway town | 74,777 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
62 | Bishan New Town | Singapore | 1995 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 7 km to downtown Singapore | 75,000 | 90,700 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
63 | Blanchardstown | Ireland | 1972 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 9 km to Dublin | 68,156 | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
64 | Bobigny | France | 1969 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 9 km to Paris | 49,802 | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
65 | Bokaro Steel City | India | 1965 | Industrial | Freestanding | Steel factory | 414,820 | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
66 | Bolshoy Kamen | Russia | 1947 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 54 km to Nakhodka | Ship and submarine-building | 38,637 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
67 | Bor | Serbia | 1903 | Industrial | Freestanding | Copper mining | 34,160 | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
68 | Bracknell | United Kingdom | 1949 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 30 km to London | Mark One New Town | 60,000 | 81,380 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
69 | Bramalea | Canada | 1957 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 24 km to Toronto | 125,000 | 415,000 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
70 | Brasilia | Brazil | 1957 | Capital | Freestanding | Federal | 500,000 | 2,815,090 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
71 | Bratsk | Russia | 1952 | Industrial | Freestanding | Hydro-electricity | 122,000 | 1967 | 236,313 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
72 | Bukit Batok New Town | Singapore | 1998 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 13 km to downtown Singapore | 139,270 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
73 | Bukit Panjang New Town | Singapore | 1981 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 14 km to downtown Singapore | 139,030 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
74 | Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) | Indonesia | 1994 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 22 km to Jakarta | Luxury housing | 600,000 | 100,000 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||
75 | Bundang | South Korea | 1989 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 24 km to Seoul | 390,000 | 403,000 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||
76 | Canberra | Australia | 1913 | Capital | Freestanding | Federal capital | 75,000 | 424,666 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
77 | Cancun | Mexico | 1973 | Resort | Freestanding | Recreational resort | 722,800 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
78 | Caoyang Xincun | China | 1951 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 7 km to Shanghai | 130,000 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
79 | Capelle aan den IJssel | Netherlands | 1960s | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 5 km to Rotterdam | Growth area | 80,000-100,000 | 66,514 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||
80 | Castle Peak/Tuen Mun | China | 1967 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 24 km to Hong Kong | 589,000 | 502,000 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||
81 | Castries | Santa Lucia | 1949 | Capital | Freestanding | Capital; Rebuilt after destruction | 32,000 | 65,656 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||
82 | Central Lancashire New Town | United Kingdom | 1970 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 38 km to Manchester | Mark Three New Town | 321,500 | 313,332 | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
83 | Cergy-Pontoise | France | 1966 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 25 km to Paris | 125,000 | 199,143 | 2012 | |||||||||||||||
84 | Chandigarh | India | 1950 | Capital | Freestanding | State | 500,000 | 961,587 | 2011 | |||||||||||||||
85 | Changchun | China | 1906 | Industrial | Freestanding | Railway town, later Japanese colonial capital | 7,545,472 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
86 | Changwon | South Korea | 1977 | Industrial | Freestanding | 300,000 | 1,091,513 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
87 | Chapayevsk | Russia | 1911 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 39 km to Samara | Ammunitions factories | 72,815 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
88 | Chaykovsky | Russia | 1955 | Industrial | Freestanding | Hydroelectric factory | 83,202 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
89 | Chayuan New Town | China | 1998 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 10 km to Chongqing | High-tech industries | 500,000 | 2020 | 143,700 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
90 | Chelyabinsk-70/Snezhinsk | Russia | 1955 | Military/Research | Freestanding | Nuclear research | 49,746 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
91 | Chernogorsk | Russia | 1936 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 14 km to Abakan | 73,825 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
92 | Chervonohrad | Ukraine | 1951 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 62 km to Lviv | Industrial town | 67,863 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
93 | Chiba | Japan | 1957 | Metropolitan Deconcentration | Satellite New Town | 35 km to Tokyo | 340,000 | 972,639 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
94 | Chimbote | Peru | 1948 | Industrial | Freestanding | Port town | 50,000 | 371,000 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
95 | China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park | China | 1994 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 7 km to Suzhou | Industrial town | 762,000 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
96 | Chisinau | Moldova | 1947 | Reconstruction | Freestanding | Post-war reconstruction | 452,000 | 1975 | 674,500 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
97 | Chittaranjan | India | 1950 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 19 km to Asansol | Locomotive works | 42,000 | 39,098 | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
98 | Ciudad del Carmen | Mexico | 1970s | Industrial | Freestanding | Petrochemicals | 184,300 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
99 | Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela | 1961 | Industrial | Freestanding | Heavy industry | 500,000 | 837,400 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||
100 | Ciudad Ojeda | Venezuela | 1937 | Industrial | Satellite New Town | 65 km to Maracaibo | Petrochemicals | 138,208 | 2011 |