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List of financial districts

List of financial districts is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of financial districts rather than just read about it. In short: A financial district is usually a central area in a city where financial services firms such as banks, insurance companies, and other related finance corporations have their headquarters offices. In major cities, financial districts often host skyscrapers and other buildings of architectural importance and are called financial centres; such major centres also include important financial utilities such as stock excha…

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Reference excerpt

A financial district is usually a central area in a city where financial services firms such as banks, insurance companies, and other related finance corporations have their headquarters offices. In major cities, financial districts often host skyscrapers and other buildings of architectural importance and are called financial centres; such major centres also include important financial utilities such as stock exchanges and the offices of the main financial regulatory authorities.

List Notable financial districts around the world include the following:

Africa

Algeria Algiers (الجزائر): Bab Ezzouar (باب الزوار) Belouizdad, Algiers (بلوزداد) Hydra, Algiers (حيدرة)

Egypt Cairo: Downtown Cairo Giza: Mohandessin Alexandria: Central District Port Said: East Port Said New Capital: Central Business District

Kenya Nairobi: Upper Hill

Nigeria Lagos: Lagos Island, Marina Lagos is a financial district.

Mauritius Port Louis: Place D'armes Place D’ armes is financial district in Port Louis

Morocco Casablanca (الدار البيضاء): Anfa (أنفا), Maârif (المعاريف), Sidi Belyout (سيدي بليوط), Sidi Maârouf (سيدي معروف), Bouskoura (بو سكورة)

South Africa Johannesburg: Sandton Cape Town: Cape Town CBD

Americas

Argentina Buenos Aires: Microcentro and Diagonal Norte Córdoba: Central Area (Centro, Alto Alberdi, Alberdi, Barrio Nueva Córdoba, Gral. Pueyrredón) Rosario: Puerto Norte and Córdoba Avenue

Brazil Rio de Janeiro: Centro São Paulo: Alphaville, Brooklin Novo, Central Zone, Brigadeiro Faria Lima Avenue, Paulista Avenue, and Vila Olímpia

Canada Montreal: Saint Jacques Street Toronto: Financial District (Bay Street, a metonym for the district) Vancouver: Financial District

Chile Santiago: Sanhattan

Mexico Guadalajara: Puerta de Hierro Mexico City: Polanco, Paseo de la Reforma, and Santa Fe Monterrey: Valle Oriente Puebla: Angelópolis

Paraguay Asunción: Aviadores del Chaco Avenue

Peru Lima: San Isidro, Miraflores and Historic Centre Arequipa: Cayma

United States Atlanta: Buckhead Boston: Financial District Charlotte: Uptown Chicago: the Loop Cincinnati: Financial District Denver: Financial District Detroit: Financial District Greenwich, Connecticut: Downtown Greenwich Hartford, Connecticut: Financial District Houston: Downtown, Uptown Jacksonville: Laura Street Los Angeles: Financial District Miami: Brickell New Orleans: Central Business District New York City: Financial District New York City: Midtown Manhattan Philadelphia: Penn Center Salt Lake City: Financial District San Francisco: Financial District San Juan: Milla de Oro Seattle: Financial District Stamford, Connecticut: Downtown Stamford Des Moines: Financial District

Uruguay Montevideo: Centro and Ciudad Vieja

Oceania

Australia Sydney: Sydney central business district Melbourne: Melbourne central business district Brisbane: Brisbane central business district Perth: Perth central business district Adelaide: Adelaide central business district Darwin: Darwin central business district

New Zealand Auckland: Central Business District (CBD)

Asia

Azerbaijan Baku: Sabail Baku: Keshla

Bangladesh Chittagong: Agrabad Dhaka: Motijheel Dhaka: Gulshan Dhaka: Kawran Bazar

China Beijing: Beijing Financial Street Shanghai: Lujiazui in Pudong Shenzhen: Futian District Guangzhou: Zhujiang New Town

Hong Kong Central and Sheung Wan

India Delhi: Connaught Place Gandhinagar: GIFT International Financial Services Centre, GIFT City Mumbai: Dalal Street, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Fort, Nariman Point, Colaba, Worli and South Mumbai Kolkata: B.B.D. Bagh, Park Circus, Salt Lake Sector V, New Town CBD Hyderabad: Financial District, Hyderabad, Bank Street, Hyderabad and Gachibowli Trivandrum: Technopark Navi Mumbai: CBD Belapur

Indonesia Jakarta: Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said, Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto, Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, and Jalan M.H. Thamrin

Israel Tel Aviv: Rothschild Boulevard

Japan Nagoya: Naka-ku Osaka: Chūō-ku Tokyo: Marunouchi, Nihonbashi, and Otemachi

Lebanon Beirut: Central District

Malaysia George Town: George Town CBD Kuala Lumpur: Kuala Lumpur City Centre and Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) Shah Alam, Selangor: i-City Finance Avenue and i-City (i-City)

Pakistan Karachi: I. I. Chundrigar Road

Philippines Makati: Makati Central Business District Pasig: Ortigas Center Taguig: Bonifacio Global City

Saudi Arabia Riyadh: King Abdullah Financial District, King Fahad Road, Al Olaya District, Digital City, Riyadh Front, Business Gate and Granada Business.

Singapore Shenton Way, Raffles Place

South Korea Seoul: Downtown Seoul, Yeouido and Teheranno(Gangnam) Busan: Nam District

Taiwan Taipei: Xinyi, Taipei Station and East End, Banqiao. Taichung: Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone Kaohsiung: Lingya, Cianjin

Thailand Bangkok: Sathorn and Silom

Turkey Istanbul: Istanbul Financial Center, Levent, Maslak and Ümraniye

Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City: District 1, Thủ Thiêm new urban area Hanoi: Hoàn Kiếm District, Ba Đình District

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abu Dhabi: Al Maryah Island Dubai: Business Bay

Europe

Austria Vienna: Wienerberg and Donau City

Belgium Brussels: Northern Quarter

France Lille: Euralille Lyon: La Part-Dieu Marseille: Euroméditerranée Paris: La Défense

Germany Berlin: Potsdamer Platz Frankfurt: Bankenviertel

Greece Athens: Sofokleous Street Thessaloniki, Egnatia Street

Ireland Dublin: International Financial Services Centre (IFSC)

Italy Milan: Centro Direzionale di Milano, Porta Nuova and City life Naples: Centro Direzionale di Napoli Rome: EUR Brescia: Brescia Due Livorno: viale Cairoli

Lithuania Vilnius: Vilnius Central Business District

Netherlands Amsterdam: Zuidas and Damrak

Norway Oslo: Sentrum Bergen: Bergenhus

Poland Warsaw: Downtown Służewiec (Mordor) Wola Katowice: Śródmieście

Portugal Lisbon: Lisbon Baixa, Parque das Nações, Avenidas Novas

Romania Bucharest: Floreasca

Russia Moscow: Moscow International Business Centre, Presnensky District, and Tverskoy District

Spain Barcelona: 22@ and Granvia l'Hospitalet Madrid: AZCA and CTBA

Switzerland Zurich: Paradeplatz

Turkey Istanbul: Levent, Maslak

United Kingdom London: City of London, Lombard Street, London and Canary Wharf Leeds: Financial Quarter Glasgow: International Financial Services District

See also Central business district Financial centre

Worked examples

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In the classroom: List of financial districts is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Financial districts, Geography terminology, International finance, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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