Golden Triangle or golden triangle may refer to:

Places

Asia

  • Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia), named for its opium production
  • Golden Triangle (Yangtze), China, named for its rapid economic development
  • Golden Triangle (India), comprising the popular tourist spots Delhi, Agra and Jaipur
  • Golden Triangle of Jakarta, the main central business district of Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, situated on the Lao side of the border between Thailand and Myanmar.
  • Minnan Golden Triangle, economic production area in the Fujian province of China, includes Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou
  • Liaoning, nickname Golden Triangle, in northeastern China

Europe

  • Golden Triangle (Algarve), an affluent tourist area in the Algarve, Portugal
  • Golden Triangle (Finland), an informal area between the cities of Helsinki, Turku, and Tampere
  • Golden Triangle of Art, formed by three prominent museums in Madrid, Spain

United Kingdom

  • Golden Triangle (Cheshire), named for its affluence
  • Golden Triangle, an affluent area in the Epping Forest district between Chigwell<!--WP:DABMENTIONed in that-->, Loughton and Buckhurst Hill, Essex
  • Golden Triangle (Norwich), a popular, affluent residential quarter
  • Golden Triangle (Surrey), residential area with some of the highest property prices in the country.
  • Golden Triangle (Yorkshire), the wealthy property triangle of North Leeds, Harrogate and York
  • Golden triangle (universities), informal grouping of research universities in south east England
  • Golden logistics triangle, a section of the English Midlands with good connectivity to the rest of the country

North America

Canada

  • Golden Triangle (cycling route), named for the town of Golden, British Columbia, which forms one point
  • Golden Triangle, Ottawa, named for the property triangle in Ottawa between Elgin Street and the Rideau Canal

Mexico

  • Golden Triangle, a region in the Mexican north-west controlled by the Sinaloa Cartel

United States

in order of state then city

  • Golden Triangle (Rocky Mountains), a fly fishing area in the Montana/Wyoming/Idaho region
  • Golden Triangle (California), part of the airspace at Edwards Air Force Base
  • Golden Triangle, the central business district of Beverly Hills, California
  • Golden Triangle, San Diego, or University City
  • Golden Triangle, in Saratoga, California
  • Rincon de los Esteros, San Jose, in San Jose, California in Silicon Valley
  • Golden Triangle, Denver, an informal name for a downtown Denver neighborhood in Colorado
  • Golden Triangle (Kentucky), the area outlined by Lexington, Louisville and Northern Kentucky
  • Golden Triangle (Massachusetts), a retail district
  • Golden Triangle (Mississippi), the area outlined by Columbus, Starkville, and West Point
  • Golden Triangle Regional Airport, Mississippi
  • Golden Triangle (Montana), a folk region in the northern plains of Montana
  • Golden Triangle, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
  • Golden Triangle (New Hampshire), the area outlined by Manchester, Nashua and Salem
  • Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, the wedge-shaped central business district formed by the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers
  • Golden Triangle (Texas), the area outlined by Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange
  • Golden Triangle Mall, Denton, Texas
  • Golden Triangle (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood and business improvement district
  • Golden Triangle (Wisconsin), the area along the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers

Oceania

Australia

  • Golden Triangle, nickname for an area in the Brisbane central business district
  • Golden Triangle, nickname for the Goldfields region of Victoria
  • Golden Triangle, nickname for the Western Suburbs of Perth

New Zealand

  • Golden Triangle (New Zealand), informal name for the adjacent cities of Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga.

Arts and entertainment

  • Golden Triangles, another name for the Triforce in the Universe of The Legend of Zelda series of video games
  • Golden Triangle, the record label of the Australian band Mammoth Mammoth
  • "Golden Triangle", a song by Jolin Tsai from the 2007 album Agent J
  • "The Golden Triangle", an episode of the action-adventure television series MacGyver

Other uses

  • Golden triangle (composition), a rule of thumb for composition in photographs or paintings
  • Golden triangle (mathematics), an isosceles triangle whose sides are in the golden ratio
  • Kimberling's golden triangle, Clark Kimberling's extension of the golden ratio
  • Golden triangle (slavery), the historic triangular trade of slaves across the Atlantic
  • Golden Triangle (train), a train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad
  • Golden Triangle, a named frequency of the PATrain commuter rail service

See also

  • Gold triangles (Hypsopygia costalis), the clover hay moth