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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 117. Chapters: List of planned cities, Putrajaya, New town, Arcology, Nouakchott, Belmopan, Tapiola, Milton Keynes, Karlsruhe, Almere, Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, Gaborone, Planned community, La Plata, Changwon, Novi Beograd, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, Rawabi, Santo Andre, Zlin, Lingang New City, King Abdullah Economic City, Residential cluster development, Neu Drontheim, Louvain-la-Neuve, List of purpose-built capital cities, Welthauptstadt Germania, Garden city movement, Latina, Italy, Puerto Ordaz and San Felix, Planned Unit Development, Jazan Economic City, Kharian Cantonment, Knowledge Economic City, Medina, Walking city, Tres Cantos, Paldiski, Ciudad Jardin Lomas del Palomar, Fredericia, Nusajaya, Co-partnership housing movement, Gwacheon, Ansan, Songdo International Business District, Ciudad Guayana, Redevelopment of Norrmalm, Cergy-Pontoise, Development town, Voru, Age-restricted community, Broadacre City, Al Noor City, Bionic Tower, Phu My Hung Urban Area, Ubiquitous city, World Urbanism Day, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Mousaed Economic City, Rak Gateway. Excerpt: (Tswana IPA: English or, named after Chief Kgosi Gabarone) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 191,776 based on a 2006 survey, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Gaborone is situated between Kgale and Oodi Hills, on the Notwane River in the southeastern corner of Botswana, and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the South African border. The city is served by the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. It is an administrative district in its own right, but is the capital of the surrounding South-East District. Locals often refer to the city as Gabs. Because the city had no tribal affiliation and was close to fresh water, the city was planned to be the capital in the mid-1960s when the Bechuanaland Protectorate b...