Ecumenopolis

An ecumenopolis was a planet or moonStar Wars (2015) 8 entirely encompassed by a single city. Due to their lack of exploitable ground, such world-spanning cities were dependent on imports for food and raw materials.
There were only a handful of ecumenopolis in the galaxy. Many of them, such as the galactic capitals of Coruscant and Hosnian Prime,Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary as well as DenonHeir to the Jedi and Eufornis Major,Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks were situated in the Core Worlds; others were in the Deep Core, such as Troithe,Shadow Fall and Empress Teta.Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game City-worlds in the Outer Rim Territories included Botajef,Thrawn Nar Shaddaa, Taris,Aftermath: Empire's End Uchinao,Alphabet Squadron and Wind.The Vow of Silver Dawn
==Behind the scenes==
The first ecumenopolis seen on-screen within Star Wars was Coruscant in The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, released in 1997. The term made its first Star Wars appearance in the Legends novel Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight, in 2008.Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight In Star Wars canon, the term was first used in the 2015 novel Heir to the Jedi, written by Kevin Hearne.
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*Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
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*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
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Category:Moon types
Category:Planetary types