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China to build the world's biggest mega-city out of 9 existing citiesThe new urban hub will connect 42 million people over 16,000 square milesby Taylor Hatmaker on January 26, 2011Filed under: Computers China is about to make America's urban cityscapes look quaint. Chinese city planners have just laid out plans to merge together nine independent cities in China's southern Pearl River Delta region into one epic urban sprawl. When combined, the urban spread of the resulting Chinese mega-city would encompass 16,000 square miles, linking together the cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Huizhou and Zhaoqing.

For the sake of comparison (and to drive home just how large this area will be), the greater Los Angeles area has a population of 15 million. The notoriously crowded New York City metro area is packed with 22.2 million residents. China's mega-city, all told, would boast a population of 42 million people, almost double the population of New York City.

"It will not be like Greater London or Greater Tokyo because there is no one city at the heart of this megalopolis," according to a senior consultant on the project. While the city planners of the Pearl River Delta project have big plans for the next six years, they don't yet have an official name for the world's soon-to-be largest city.
http://www.tecca.com/news/2011/01/26/china-to-build-the-worlds-biggest-mega-city-out-of-9-existing-cities/
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[Via: Geekosystem] (Source)
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