in its territory. Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan, has, as of 2013, grown out so much that small towns by this giant city, such as Shahdara, have been absorbed in its city limits. Taiwan The former cities of Taoyuan and Zhongli, Taiwan, which merged along with the entire county in 2014 to form a single municipality city of Taoyuan, the two cities sit directly next to each other and shares almost the same population. Thailand Bangkok, the capital and largest city of Thailand, was created in 1971, when the previous Bangkok province (Phra Nakhon) was merged with Thonburi province. Vietnam The cities of Saigon and Cholon merged in 1931 to form a single city named Saigon-Cholon; in 1956, the name Cholon was dropped and the city became known as Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. Europe Germany Berlin (Berlin and Cölln), in Germany Duisburg (Duisburg and Hamborn, 1929–1935 called Duisburg-Hamborn), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Wuppertal (Barmen and Elberfeld), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Greece Athens incorporated dozens of villages and towns and absorbed whole of Athens basin and parts outside of it, notably Piraeus. Hungary Budapest, Hungary is the amalgamation of Buda, Pest and Óbuda. The Netherlands Eindhoven, the Netherlands, merged with five neighbouring municipalities (Woensel, Tongelre, Stratum, Gestel en Blaarthem and Strijp) into the new Groot-Eindhoven ("Greater Eindhoven") in 1920. The prefix "Groot-" was later dropped. Spain Madrid, Spain, evolved by absorption of other towns (like Tetuán de las Victorias, Vallecas, Chamartín de la Rosa or Aravaca) United Kingdom Edinburgh, Scotland, absorbed a number of surrounding villages, but most notably the separate burgh of Leith. London, England, grew from its cores in the City of London and the City of Westminster to encompass many other towns and villages within neighbouring counties and absorbed almost the whole of Middlesex county. Manchester and the city of Salford, England in the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester (formerly in Lancashire). Stoke-on-Trent, England was created in 1910 from the towns of Burslem, Hanley, Tunstall, Longton, Fenton and Stoke, taking its name from the latter. Neighbouring Newcastle-under-Lyme remains a separate town. North America Canada Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada, was formed in 1967 when Alberni and Port Alberni, merged to become one city. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, amalgamated with 12 surrounding municipalities and its metropolitan corporation in 1971 under what was referred to as unicity reforms in local government restructuring. Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova