      a planned community, or planned city, is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. this contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. land use conflicts are less frequent in planned communities since they are planned carefully. the term new town refers to planned communities of the new towns movement in particular, mainly in the united kingdom. it was also common in the european colonization of the americas to build according to a plan either on fresh ground or on the ruins of earlier amerindian cities. ==planned capital cities== right|thumb|inner canberra, australia. several of the world's capital cities are planned cities, including canberra in australia, brasÃ­lia in brazil, belmopan in belize, new delhi in india, valletta in malta, abuja in nigeria, astana in kazakhstan, naypyidaw in burma, islamabad in pakistan and washington, d.c., in the united states. the federal administrative centre of malaysia, putrajaya, is also a planned city. ==africa== === botswana === the city of gaborone was planned and constructed in the 1960s. === equatorial guinea === in 2012, president teodora obiang decides to move the capital to a new jungle site at oyala.australia financial review, 9 january 2013. ===kenya=== konza technology city is a planned city that is hoped to become a hub of african science and technology upon its completion in 2030.bbc news - kenya begins construction of 'silicon' city konza. bbc.co.uk (2013-01-23). retrieved on 2013-07-21. ===nigeria=== the capital, abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6355269.stm | work=bbc news | first=senan | last=murray | title=life of poverty in abuja's wealth | date=13
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