New town

:For the place, see New Town.

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A New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. Many of the world's capital cities are planned cities, notably Washington, DC in the United States, Abuja in Nigeria, Brasília in Brazil, Canberra and Adelaide in Australia, and New Delhi, Chandigarh, Fatehpur Sikri and Gandhinagar in India, Isfahan in Iran and Islamabad in Pakistan.

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City - Town - Community - Capital cities - Washington, DC - United States - Abuja - Nigeria - Brasília - Brazil - Canberra - Adelaide - Australia - New Delhi - Chandigarh - Fatehpur Sikri - Gandhinagar - India - Isfahan - Iran - Islamabad - Pakistan

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It was also common in European colonization of the Americas to build according to a plan either on fresh ground or on the ruins of earlier Amerindian cities.

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European colonization of the Americas - Amerindian

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