List of financial districts
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
Overview
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:
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
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
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