City centre

[citation needed] In South Africa, "CBD" is used in formal contexts, but in informal contexts, the city centre is referred to as "town", and despite the growth of decentralised CBDs such as Sandton and uMhlanga "town" continues to refer to the original CBDs of cities.

The concept of the "CBD" revolves solely around economic and financial power, but the "city centre" also includes historical, political, and cultural factors.

The Hebrew term for "city centre" is a direct translation: "מרכז העיר" (merkaz ha'ir); however it is used inconsistently in different cities throughout Israel due to their extremely varied topographies and urban designs.

[citation needed] In Dutch, the terms binnenstad, centrum, stadscentrum, or stadskern are used to describe the city centre.

Wellington metropolitan area has 4 respective city centres in Wellington, Lower Hutt, Porirua and Upper Hutt whereas Auckland metropolitan area has 2 city centres in Auckland and Manukau.

Poblacion (literally translated in Spanish, meaning "population")[2] is practiced in the Philippines as a term to describe the central area of a settlement.