Ecumenopolis
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right|thumb|A depiction of a planetwide city, which the artist considers suitable for both Trantor, a fictional ecumenopolis from Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire, and [[Coruscant in the Star Wars franchise.]]
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right|thumb|A depiction of a planetwide city, which the artist considers suitable for both Trantor, a fictional ecumenopolis from Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire, and [[Coruscant in the Star Wars franchise.]]
Ecumenopolis (; ; ) is the hypothetical concept of a planetwide city. It is primarily known as a stock setting in science fiction, but has also received serious consideration in theoretical city planning and futurist concepts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ecumenopolis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.