List of planned cities


This is a list of planned cities by country. Additions to this list should be cities whose overall form has been determined in large part in advance on a drawing board, or which were planned to a degree which is unusual for their time and place.

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Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Canada

It is a misconception that virtually all cities and towns in Western Canada, which were created after the federal Dominion Lands Act of 1870,, were planned. Most of these were, indeed, railway towns, founded after surveying and planning by the powerful railway companies during construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada's first transcontinental line, or the Canadian National Railway, but this initial start generally only provided one or two streets with a few lots set out, from which the cities grew unplanned.

Denmark

Modern

  • 6th of October – Giza Governorate.
  • 10th of Ramadan – Sharqia Governorate.
  • May 15 – Cairo Governorate.
  • Ain Sokhna – Suez Governorate.
  • Badr – Cairo Governorate.
  • El Shorouk – Cairo Governorate.
  • Ismailia – Ismailia Governorate.
  • Madinaty – Cairo governorate.
  • New Administrative Capital of Egypt – Cairo governorate.
  • New Akhmim – Sohag Governorate.
  • New Aswan – Aswan Governorate.
  • New Asyut – Asyut Governorate.
  • New Beni Suef – Beni Suef Governorate.
  • New Borg El Arab – Alexandria Governorate.
  • New Cairo – Cairo Governorate.
  • New Damietta – Damietta Governorate.
  • New Fayum – Fayum Governorate.
  • New Nubariya – Beheira Governorate.
  • New Qena – Qena Governorate.
  • New Salhia – Sharqia Governorate.
  • New Tiba – Luxor Governorate.
  • Obour – Qalubyia Governorate.
  • Port Fuad – Port said Governorate.
  • Port Tewfik – Suez Governorate
  • Ras El Bar-Damietta Governorate.
  • Ras El-Hekma - Matruh Governorate.
  • Ras Sedr – South Sinai Governorate.
  • Sharm El Sheikh – South Sinai Governorate.
  • Sheikh Zayed – Giza Governorate.

    Under Construction

  • Proposed new capital of Egypt.
  • New Alamain.
  • New Ismailia.
  • El Galala.

    Pre Modern

  • Memphis, Egypt – The city and capital of ancient Egypt. It was built by king Narmer around 3150 B.C.
  • Akhetaten – A city built by order of the Pharaoh Akhenaten in the 14th century B.C. It was the capital of Egypt in his reign.
  • Pithom – A city built by order of the Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century B.C.
  • Pi-Ramesses – Another city built by order of Ramesses II in the 13th century B.C. It was the capital of Egypt in his reign and it was the first city to exceed 100,000 in the history of Egypt. At its peak, the population of the city was 300,000.
  • Heracleion – A city built in the 12th century B.C. The city had been a major port in ancient Egypt before it subsided below sea level.
  • Alexandria – A city built by order of Alexander the Great in the 4th century B.C. It was the first city in Egypt to have a population of half million.
  • Berenice Troglodytica – A city built on the Red Sea coast in the 3rd century B.C. by Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
  • Fustat – A city built around 7th century CE by order of 'Amr ibn al-'As when he conquered Egypt, to be its capital
  • al-Askar – the capital of Egypt during the rule of the Tulunide dynasty.
  • al-Qata'i – Capital of Egypt during the Ikhshid dynasty.
  • Cairo – was built in 10th century CE By the Fatimid Caliph Al Muizz.

    Estonia

  • Paldiski
  • Võru

    Finland

  • Hamina
  • Rovaniemi
  • Tapiola, Espoo

    France

  • Hautepierre, a district within Strasbourg
  • La Grande-Motte
  • Near Lille:
  • * Villeneuve d'Ascq
  • Near Lyon:
  • * Isle d'Abeau
  • Near Marseille:
  • * Aigues-Mortes
  • * Fos-sur-Mer
  • * Rives de l'Etang de Berre
  • Neuf-Brisach, Alsace
  • Near Paris:
  • * Cergy-Pontoise
  • * Évry
  • * Marne-la-Vallée
  • * Saint-Quentin en Yvelines
  • * Sénart
  • * Versailles
  • * Le Vésinet
  • Near Rouen:
  • * Val-de-Reuil
  • Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, Franche-Comté
  • Le Touquet

    G – H

Germany