industrial center
Region of factories
An industrial center is a city or region where manufacturing and production activities are concentrated.
The term typically describes places with significant factories, processing plants, and related infrastructure: Detroit was once America's industrial center for automobile production.
Industrial centers often develop around access to raw materials, transportation, or labor.
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
- smoke stacksTall industrial exhaust pipes
- factory workersEmployees in manufacturing facilities
- blue collarManual labor workforce
- work shiftScheduled period of duty
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- strategic locationschokepoint, strait, mountain pass, isthmus, bridgehead
- hubshub, regional hub, commercial hub, financial hub, economic hub
- Cortes HondurasVillanueva
industrial centeragricultural heartland
Productive farming region
breadbasket · fishing village · grain belt · cotton belt · wine country
industrial centerwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
hinterland · outback · backcountry · nature preserve · frontier
industrial centerbedroom community
Residential area near employment center
resort town · retirement community · tourist destination · residential suburb · vacation spot