economic center
Financial activity nucleus
An economic center is a city or region where significant commercial, financial, or industrial activity concentrates.
The term typically describes places that serve as hubs for trade, banking, or manufacturing within a larger geographic area: New York is the economic center of the East Coast.
A country may have multiple economic centers, often distinct from its political capital.
- financial districtCommercial banking hub area
- port cityUrban area with harbor
- trade routePath for commerce
- trade hubCommercial activity center
- commerceExchange of goods, services
stock exchange · metropolis · capital city · megacity · central bank · industrial zone · urbanization · global city · trading post · market square · logistics · investment firm · foreign investment · corporate headquarters · banking · multinational corporation · silicon valley · downtown
- SantiagoSantiago, Alameda, funicular, cable car, government buildings
- city featuresstreet, road, avenue, boulevard, roundabout
- hubshub, regional hub, commercial hub, financial hub, transport hub
- YangonYangon, Secretariat
economic centerbackwater
Stagnant side channel
ghost town · dying town · blighted area · subsistence economy · slum
economic centerperiphery
Boundary or outer region
hinterland · the sticks · boondocks · remote area · outpost