Financial district

A financial district is the central area in some large cities where banks, insurance companies and other large corporations have head offices. Financial districts are often home to skyscrapers.

List of financial districts

Notable financial districts of the world include:

Africa

Algeria

• Algiers: Bab Ezzouar

Mauritius

• Port Louis: Place D'armes

Morocco

• Casablanca: Anfa (أنفا), Maârif (المعاريف), Sidi Belyout (سيدي بليوط) Sidi Maârouf, Bouskoura

South Africa

• Johannesburg: Sandton

Americas

Argentina

• Buenos Aires: Microcentro and Diagonal Norte

Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro: Centro
• São Paulo: Alphaville, Brooklin, Central Zone, Paulista Avenue, and Vila Olímpia

Canada

• Montreal: Saint Jacques Street
• Toronto: Financial District and Bay Street
• Vancouver: Financial District

Chile

• Santiago: Sanhattan

Mexico

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

Paraguay

• Asuncion: Aviadores del Chaco Avenue

Peru

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

United States

• Atlanta: Buckhead
• Boston: Financial District
• Chicago: LaSalle Street
• Detroit: Financial District
• Jacksonville: Northbank
• Los Angeles: Financial District
• Miami: Brickell
• New York City: Financial District, Midtown Manhattan
• Philadelphia: Penn Center
• San Francisco: Financial District
• Seattle: Financial District
• Des Moines: Financial District

Oceania

Australia

• Sydney: Martin Place
• Melbourne: Collins Street
• Brisbane: Creek Street
• Perth: St Georges Terrace

New Zealand

• Auckland: Central Business District (CBD)

Asia

Bangladesh

• Chittagong: Agrabad
• Dhaka: Motijheel
• Dhaka: Gulshan Thana
• Dhaka: Kawran Bazar

China

• Beijing: Beijing Financial Street
• Hong Kong: Central and Sheung Wan
• Shanghai: Lujiazui in Pudong
• Shenzhen: Futian District
• Guangzhou: Zhujiang New Town

India

• Mumbai: Dalal Street
• Hyderabad: Nanakramguda

Indonesia

• Jakarta: Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said, Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto, Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, and Jalan M.H. Thamrin
• Surabaya: Tunjungan
• Yogyakarta: Malioboro

Israel

• Tel Aviv: Rothschild Boulevard

Japan

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

Lebanon

• Beirut: Central District

Malaysia

• George Town: Beach Street
• Kuala Lumpur: Kuala Lumpur City Centre

Pakistan

• Karachi: Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road

Philippines

• Makati: Ayala Center
• Mandaluyong: Ortigas Center
• Manila: Binondo

Singapore

• Shenton Way at Raffles Place

South Korea

• Seoul: Yeouido and Teheranno

Thailand

• Bangkok: Sathorn and Silom

Turkey

• Istanbul: Levent, Ataşehir and Maslak

Vietnam

• Ho Chi Minh City: District 1

Europe

Belgium

• Brussels: Northern Quarter

France

• Lyon: La Part-Dieu
• Marseille: Euroméditerranée
• Paris: La Défense
• Caen: Rives de l'Orne

Germany

• Frankfurt: Bankenviertel

Greece

• Athens: Sofokleous Street

Netherlands

• Amsterdam: Zuidas and Damrak

Russia

• Moscow: Moscow International Business Centre, Kitay-gorod, and Tverskoy District

Spain

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

Switzerland

• Zurich: Paradeplatz

United Kingdom

• London: City of London and Canary Wharf

See also

• Central business district
• Financial center