{{Short description|Privately owned, for-profit enterprise}} {{for|an album|Private City (album)}} {{Context|date=October 2024}} A '''private city''' is a city organized as a for-profit, private enterprise <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fee.org/articles/private-cities-a-path-to-liberty/|title=Private Cities: A Path to Liberty}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2020/01/31/inside-the-rise-of-private-cities-priority-of-management-is-profit-not-the-needs-of-citizens/ | title=Inside the Rise of Private Cities: 'Priority of Management is Profit, Not the Needs of Citizens' | website=Forbes }}</ref> with no elected city councilors.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Moser |first1=Sarah |last2=Avni |first2=Nufar |title=Analysing a private city being built from scratch through a social and environmental justice framework: A research agenda |journal=Urban Studies |date=June 2024 |volume=61 |issue=8 |pages=1545–1562 |doi=10.1177/00420980231211814 |pmid=38827578 |pmc=11136613 |bibcode=2024UrbSt..61.1545M }}</ref>
==Examples==
===Tanzania===
===Zimbabwe===
===Kenya===
*Tatu City. *Konza Technopolis. *Mwale Medical and Technology City.
===Bhutan===
===Venezuela===
CryptoCity.
===Nigeria===
*Eko Atlantic, owned by Ako Atlantic Development Company. *Itana, owned by Itana Company. *Centenary City, owned by Centenary City FTZ
===Kyrgyzstan===
A special investment territory has been announced for Tamchy.
===Kazakhstan===
*Alatau City, owned by Caspian Group. *Nurkent co-owned by COSCO.
===India=== *GIFT City, co-owned by Brigade Group. *Lavasa, owned by Lavasa Corp. *Cyber City Gurgaon. *Aamby Valley City
===Pakistan===
*Bahria Town, owned by Bahria Town PLC.
===Egypt===
*Ras el-Hekma, owned by Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company. *Al Rehab, owned by Talaat Moustafa Group. *El Gouna, owned by Orascom Development. *New Administrative Capital
===Saudi Arabia===
*King Abdullah Economic City, being developed by Emaar Properties and listed on KSA's stock exchange. *Neom, owned by the PIF. *Jeddah Economic City
===Cambodia=== *Grand Phnom Penh City, owned by Chip Mong Group. *Phnom Penh City Center, Shukaku Inc.
===The Philippines===
*Bonifacio Global City *Eastwood City *Filinvest City *New Clark City *Nuvali *Rockwell Center *Arcovia City *Araneta City *Newport City
===South Korea===
*Songdo, owned by New Songdo International City Development LLC.
===Japan===
*Woven City, owned by Woven by Toyota.
===Honduras===
*Próspera, owned by Honduras Próspera Inc.
===China===
*Jialong, owned by Jialong Corp.
===Vietnam===
*Phú Mỹ Hưng urban area, owned by Phu My Hung Development Corporation. *Ciputra Hanoi International City, owned by Ciputra Group a local company.{{which|date=March 2025}} *Ecopark (Vietnam).
===Laos===
*That Luang Marsh SEZ, owned by Shanghai Wan Feng Group.
===Malaysia ===
* Forest City, Johor, owned by Country Garden. *Sunway City
===Indonesia===
*Bintaro Jaya *BSD City *Summarecon City *Lippo Karawaci and Lippo Cikarang. *Alam Sutera, Gading Serpong, Sentul City, Kota Deltamas, Kota Jababeka, and Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK). *Nusantara.
==See also== * Charter city * Private town * Songdo * Forest City, Johor *Free Private Cities *Neocameralism
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite journal |last1=Jiao |first1=Yongli |last2=Yu |first2=Yang |title=Rising private city operators in contemporary China: A study of the CFLD model |journal=Cities |date=June 2020 |volume=101 |article-number=102696 |doi=10.1016/j.cities.2020.102696 }} * [https://www.chinatalk.media/p/jialong-sichuans-privately-run-city Jiaolong: Sichuan's Privately-run City] * [https://www.pacificresearch.org/private-city-east-of-bay-area-could-be-a-game-changer/ Private city east of Bay Area could be a game-changer] * [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/mar/26/what-most-private-city-world What is the most private city in the world?]
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