No. You have very little control of where your cities are built until you reach the space stage. Even then cities are limited to relatively clear, flat areas of dry ground which must be placed by...
1. find a paint with a white boarder on it.
2. use the large water tool to make it go to the second boarder
3. expand te pond but don't make it to big
4. level the ground
5. add the foundation 1...