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A satellite town or satellite city is a concept of urban planning, although many satellite cities and towns appeared spontaneously near many metropolises. It may involve consciously planned cities to act as spiller or dormitory towns. Satellite cities are involved in the urbanism plans of BrasÃlia, Singapore and Canberra. In Hong Kong, satellite towns are also new towns. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Satellite cities are smaller municipalities that are adjacent to a major city which is the core of a metropolitan area. ... Satellite cities are smaller municipalities that are adjacent to a major city which is the core of a metropolitan area. ... Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ... A metropolis (in Greek metera = mother and polis = city/town) is a major city (nowadays in most cases with a population of at least one million), which is a significant economical, political and cultural center for some country or region, and usually an important hub for international connections and communications. ... This article or section should be merged with Bedroom community A dormitory town is generally a rural town where a large proportion of its population commute to nearby cities. ... BrasÃlia from space, November 1990 Niemeyers Cathedral BrasÃlia is the capital city of Brazil. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... A new town, 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. ...