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.

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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