Central City (disambiguation)

A central city or core city is the largest or most important city or cities of a metropolitan area.

Central city may also refer to:

• A central business district, the commercial and business centre of a city
• In China:
  • The urban core of a prefecture-level city (as opposed to the much larger region it governs)
  • A national central city, one of a group of cities tasked with leading political, cultural and economic development

Places

United States

• Central City, Alabama
• Central City, Arkansas
• Central City, Colorado
• Central City, Houston
• Central City, Illinois
• Central City, Iowa
• Central City, Jefferson Territory
• Central City, Kentucky
• Central City, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish
• Central City, Nebraska
• Central City, New Orleans, Louisiana, a neighborhood
• Central City, Ohio
• Central City, Pennsylvania
• Central City, Phoenix, urban village
• Central City, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Central City, South Dakota
• Central City, Virginia

Developments

• Central City (Seoul), a bus terminal with hotel and shopping mall in Seoul
• Central City (Surrey), a shopping mall and office tower complex in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Fictional places

• Central City (DC Comics), the home of the second version of the superhero the Flash
• Central City, the home of comics character the Spirit
• Central City, the original home base of the Fantastic Four (who now reside in Manhattan)
• Central City, the capital city in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
• Central City, the capital city in the 1974 Planet of the Apes TV series
• Central City, the capital of Amestris in the manga and anime Fullmetal Alchemist
• Central City, a capital in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series
• Central City (Tin Man), the capital of the Outer Zone in the 2007 Sci Fi television miniseries Tin Man
• Central City, the home of the human allies of the Autobots in The Transformers
• Central City, the future capital of Earth in 1960s Doctor Who stories

Music

• Central City (album), a 2023 album by Big Freedia
• Central City May Rise Again, an album by the Cape May

Sports

• Central City FC, a soccer club based in Central Melbourne, Australia