regional center
Local administrative hub
A regional center is a facility or organization serving a geographic area larger than a single locality.
In U.S. developmental services, regional centers coordinate care for people with disabilities: The regional center assigned her a case manager.
In immigration law, regional centers are entities designated to sponsor EB-5 investor visas.
The term also describes cities that function as hubs for surrounding areas—providing shopping, medical care, or administrative services that smaller towns lack.
- metropolitan areaCity plus linked suburbs
- downtown coreCentral business district
- central business districtCity's primary commercial zone
- business districtUrban area for commerce
- shopping districtArea dense with stores
market town · town square · city · rail junction · transportation hub · trade hub · municipality · capital · service area · gateway · catchment area · satellite city · commuter town · commuter belt · economic zone · arts district · urban sprawl · suburban district
- UkraineKyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa, hryvnia
- Freight Hubsfreight terminal, cargo terminal, shipping hub, freight depot, freight yard
- jurisdictionscounty, city, province, state, counties
- post officestamps, letters, packages, parcels, envelopes
- center pointscentroid, midpoint, core, nucleus
- Thai governmentprovince, municipality, provincial governor, subdistrict, village
regional centernational capital
Seat of federal government
capital city · federal capital · seat of government · village · hamlet
regional centervillage
Small rural community
hamlet · rural community · countryside · small town · backwater