der abad ▁and ▁Sec under abad ▁are ▁merged ▁to ▁form ▁Gre ater ▁Hy der abad . ▁ ▁L ah ore , ▁the ▁second ▁largest ▁city ▁of ▁Pakistan , ▁has , ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁grown ▁out ▁so ▁much ▁that ▁small ▁towns ▁by ▁this ▁giant ▁city , ▁such ▁as ▁Shah d ara , ▁have ▁been ▁absor bed ▁in ▁its ▁city ▁limits . ▁ ▁Wu han ▁in ▁China ▁consists ▁of ▁the ▁towns ▁of ▁W uch ang , ▁H ank ou , ▁and ▁H any ang ▁in ▁H ube i ▁Province . ▁ ▁Islam abad , ▁the ▁capital ▁city ▁of ▁Pakistan , ▁has ▁been ▁expanded ▁to ▁include ▁smaller ▁towns ▁including ▁Raw at ▁in ▁its ▁territory . ▁▁ ▁Bang k ok , ▁the ▁capital ▁and ▁largest ▁city ▁of ▁Th ailand , ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁when ▁the ▁previous ▁Bang k ok ▁province ▁( Ph ra ▁N akh on ) ▁was ▁merged ▁with ▁Th on b uri ▁province . ▁ ▁The ▁former ▁cities ▁of ▁T ao y uan ▁and ▁Zh ong li , ▁Taiwan , ▁which ▁merged ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁entire ▁county ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁single ▁municipality ▁city ▁of ▁T ao y uan , ▁the ▁two ▁cities ▁sit ▁directly ▁next ▁to ▁each ▁other ▁and ▁shares ▁almost ▁the ▁same ▁population . ▁ ▁Fu ku oka ▁in ▁Japan , ▁a ▁city ▁of ▁ 1 . 4 ▁million ▁people , ▁formerly ▁the ▁tw in ▁cities ▁of ▁H ak ata ▁and ▁Fu ku oka ▁until ▁the ▁late