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