Saturday, March 23, 2013

World's Top 10 Richest Cities

 From the ancient time cities become the main business point for the civilizations. Ancient Rome was a city based civilization. In modern time, cities are part and parcel of business, politics, education, technology center for any countries. Most ten richest cities of this modern time are :

Tokyo 

TOKYO
Tokyo is the most richest cities among the ten. Tokyo, the excellent technical capital city of  Japan has twenty three special wards, twenty seven towns, eight villages and  two islands name Izu and Ogasawara. The area of the city is two thousand one hundred fifty five square kilometer and the total population of exceeding 13 million. It is one of the largest populated city of the world. Tokyo has been described as one of the three "command centers" for the world economy, along with New York City and London. The annual GDP of the city is 784.8 billion us dollar according to the population.


New York 

NEW YORK
New York City is in the second position among the ten richest city and one of the "command centers" for the world economy, along with Tokyo and London. It is the biggest city of U.S.A and the business harbor. New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which is a state county. The five boroughs—The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. The New York City Metropolitan Area's population is the United States' largest, with 18.9 million people distributed over 6,720 square miles. The annual GDP of the city is 407 billion us dollar according to the population.

London

LONDON
London is in the third position among the ten richest city and one of the "command centers" for the world economy, along with Tokyo and New York city. It is also one of the ancient cities of the world. London is formed with London city and 32 other areas around it. London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. All government structures and offices are located in west London and east London is the industrial area. London is the biggest international center for currency exchange and insurance. London has been described as a world cultural capital. It is the world's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the world's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic.
 

Seoul 

Seoul is in the fourth place of richest cities list. Seoul is the capital city and largest metropolis of South Korea. Its area is 605 square kilometers. Though the city is not big enough but it is treated as the main business, politics, education, culture center of  South Korea. It population is just above 10 millions. The city is divide into 25 areas.

Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles is in the fifth place of richest cities list. It is the second most populous and economic city of United State, after New York city. The area of Los Angeles is one thousand two hundred square kilometers. Los Angeles already become the main place for Ocean and Space research, Digital and Chemical industry in United State. This city is called the science center for United State. In this city, the number of Scientists and Engineers are much higher than any other cities of United State. Famous Silicon Valley is situated in this city.

Osaka

Osaka is a city of Japan and it is in the sixth place of the list. Osaka is Japan's third largest city by population after Tokyo (special wards) and Yokohama. Its area is two hundred four square kilometers and population is 3 millions. The annual GDP of the city is 191 billion us dollar according to the population.

Hong Kong 

HONG KONG
Hong Kong is in the seventh place. Its geographical position so excellent that it is assume the main business point for east Asia. Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is situated on China's south coast. With a land mass of 1,104 square kilometers and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong kong is 11th Commercial City of the world. Share market of Hong kong is in the second position of Asia.


Chicago

Chicago is the third most populous city of United State and in the eight place of the richest cities list. Land area of Chicago is 590.5 square kilometers and population is 9.8 million. The annual GDP of the city is 146 billion us dollar.

Toronto

TORONTO
Toronto, the largest city of Canada is in the ninth place of the richest cities list. Toronto is  relatively a modern city. The land area of the city is six hundred thirty two square kilometers and the population is above 4.3 millions. Motor vehicles, Currency,  Technology, Tourism industry played a huge role to Toronto's economy.

Mexico City

Mexico city is the capital city of Mexico and the 10th richest city of the world. Mexico City is one of the most important financial centers in North America. The city has land of two thousand eighteen square kilometers and population is 21.2 million people. Mexico City is the country's largest city as well as its most important political, cultural, educational and financial center.

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