Like the City of Knowledge, such a super-city not only gathered a large number of the living, but also a large number of the departed. Over the centuries, at least a million people had been buried within the confines of the City of Knowledge, sometimes even surpassing the number of the living. To accommodate these deceased individuals, the Holy City's City Hall had designated five plots of land both inside and outside the city to serve as cemeteries, dedicated resting places for the dead.