[Vocabulary] developed as/into an industrial city

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GoodTaste

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Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of North Korea. It was developed as an industrial city during the time of the Japanese occupation 1910-45.

(Source: The last line is picked from Oxford Dictionary)

Does "developed as", in comparison to "developed into", have more indicated an intention or a plan to develop (while "developed into" emphasizes the result, regardless of whether the way of development was planned or natural)?
 

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Yes, that's right.
 
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