▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁ ▁S ait ama ▁in ▁Japan , ▁a ▁city ▁of ▁ 1 . 2 ▁million ▁people , ▁created ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁by ▁the ▁mer ger ▁of ▁the ▁cities ▁of ▁U raw a , ▁O mi ya , ▁Y ono , ▁and ▁later ▁I w ats uki . ▁ ▁U raw a ▁and ▁O mi ya ▁could ▁formerly ▁have ▁been ▁considered ▁tw in ▁cities . ▁ ▁Kit ak y ush u ▁in ▁Japan , ▁a ▁city ▁of ▁ 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people , ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁by ▁the ▁mer ger ▁of ▁Y ah ata , ▁K ok ura , ▁Mo ji , ▁W ak am ats u , ▁and ▁Tob ata . ▁ ▁Y ah ata ▁and ▁K ok ura ▁had ▁formerly ▁been ▁major ▁cities ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁right . ▁ ▁The ▁cities ▁of ▁Sa ig on ▁and ▁Ch ol on ▁merged ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁single ▁city ▁named ▁Sa ig on - Ch ol on ; ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁the ▁name ▁Ch ol on ▁was ▁dropped ▁and ▁the ▁city ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁Sa ig on ▁( now ▁Ho ▁Chi ▁Min h ▁City ). ▁ ▁Europe ▁▁ ▁Ath ens ▁incorpor ated ▁do z ens ▁of ▁villages ▁and ▁towns ▁and ▁absor bed ▁whole ▁of ▁Ath ens ▁bas in ▁and ▁parts ▁outside ▁of ▁it . ▁ ▁London ▁grew ▁from ▁its ▁cores ▁in ▁the ▁City ▁of ▁London ▁and ▁the ▁City ▁of