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