Science City
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Science City may refer to the following:
A centre for interactive science in different cities across the world, as a museum:
Cities or regions that provide scientific contributions to their country:
A centre for interactive science in different cities across the world, as a museum:
- Gujarat Science CityGujarat Science CityGujarat Science City is situated at Hebatpur, Ahmedabad. Spreading on 107 hectares the government initiative to draw more students towards education in science, which hosts India's first IMAX 3D theatre, an energy park, a hall of science, Planet Earth, an amphitheatre, and dancing musical fountains...
, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - Science City, KapurthalaKapurthalaKapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The secular and aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent buildings based on French and Indo-Saracenic...
, Punjab, India - Science City, KolkataScience City KolkataScience City, Kolkata is the largest science centre in the Indian subcontinent under National Council of Science Museums , Ministry of Culture, Government of India, is at the crossing of Eastern Metropolitan Bypass and J B S Haldane avenue, Kolkata...
, West Bengal, India - Science City ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France - Science City at Union StationScience City at Union StationScience City at Union Station is a family-friendly interactive science center that features acclaimed traveling exhibitions, Gottlieb Planetarium, City Extreme Screen theatre, and more than 50 hands-on displays....
, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Cities or regions that provide scientific contributions to their country:
- NaukogradNaukogradA naukograd , meaning "science city", is a formal term for towns with high concentration of research and development facilities in Russia and the Soviet Union, some specifically built by the Soviet Union for these purposes. Some of the towns were secret, and were part of a larger system of closed...
, Russia and the former Soviet Union - Science City of MuñozScience City of MuñozScience City of Muñoz is a city in Central Luzon, Philippines, situated north of the capital Manila. Due to its rich topography and tropical climate, it is now home to agricultural research and technology centers, committed to the production of information and technological breakthroughs to...
, Nueva Ecija, Philippines - Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
- Kansai Science CityKansai Science Cityis an unincorporated city located in the , a border region between Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara Prefectures of Japan. The name is commonly shortened to or...
, Japan - Ciutat de les Arts i les CiènciesCiutat de les Arts i les CiènciesThe City of Arts and Sciences is an entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia....
, Valencia, Spain - ETH Zurich Science City, Switzerland
- Masdar CityMasdar CityMasdar is a project in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Its core is a planned city, which is being built by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, with the majority of seed capital provided by the government of Abu Dhabi...
, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (planned) - KistaKistaKista is a district of Stockholm Municipality in Sweden. Located northwest of central Stockholm, Kista is divided by the Stockholm Metro blue line into a western part which is primarily a working class and middle class residential area, and an eastern part occupied by commercial ventures, mostly...
, Sweden - Newcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
, United Kingdom - Guangzhou Science CityGuangzhou Science CityGuangzhou Science City is a new 2008 state-of-the-art technology center developed with support from the Guangzhou government. The Guangzhou government is trying to make the Science City an important destination for IT R&D, outsourcing in China....
, China
- In Germany:
- Wissenschaftsstadt (Science City) as an official title:
- DarmstadtDarmstadtDarmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
- FürthFürthThe city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart....
- StraubingStraubingStraubing is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, the second largest fair in Bavaria, is held....
- Darmstadt
- Stadt der Wissenschaft (City of Science) as an award of the foundation Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft:
- BremenBremenThe City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
and BremerhavenBremerhavenBremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...
(2005) - DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
(2006) - BraunschweigBraunschweigBraunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
(2007) - JenaJenaJena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...
(2008)- see also Science City JenaScience City JenaScience City Jena is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the Pro A, the second highest level of the German competition. Their home court is the JenArena, which seats 2,500...
, basketball team in Jena
- see also Science City Jena
- OldenburgOldenburgOldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
(2009) - MainzMainzMainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
(2011) - LübeckLübeckThe Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
(2012)
- Bremen
- Wissenschaftsstadt (Science City) as an official title: