CBD

The central business district of is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the CBD, or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.
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  • Type: central business district with 54,900 residents
  • Description: central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Melbourne”, “Melbourne (suburb)”, “Melbourne CBD”, “Melbourne central business district”, “Melbourne central business district, Victoria”, “Melbourne city centre”, “Melbourne, Victoria”, and “Melbourne, Victoria, Australia”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Exhibition Building and Federation Square.

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The is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in , Victoria, , built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe.

Square
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is a venue for arts, culture and public events on the edge of the central business district. It covers an area of 3.2 ha at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets built above busy railway lines and across the road from .

Railway station
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is a major railway station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in , Victoria, Australia. Located near and , it is the busiest railway station in Victoria, serving the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inner north and Inner south.

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Melbourne's is a vibrant and diverse area, home to a number of cultural and social icons of . It is famed for the popular Lygon Street Italian district, while next door lies the University of Melbourne, the best university in Australia by many rankings.

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Melbourne's contains a number of suburbs and places worthy of a visit. The landscape varies from industrial ports to glitzy waterfront localities.

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The of consists of a number of suburbs and localities within the Yarra municipality. Compared with glitzy on the other side of the river, the inner eastern area is known among Melburnians as a working-class district, filled with pubs and old factories.

CBD

Latitude
-37.8136° or 37° 48′ 49″ south
Longitude
144.963° or 144° 57′ 47″ east
Population
54,900
Open location code
4RJ65XP7+H5
Wiki­data ID
Q6811747
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“CBD” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Centre de la ciutat de Melbourne”
  • Chinese: “墨尔本中央商务区”
  • Chinese: “墨爾本中央商業區”
  • Chinese: “墨爾本商業中心區”
  • Chinese: “墨爾本市中心”
  • Dutch: “Het stadscentrum van Melbourne”
  • Esperanto: “Melburna Urba Centro”
  • French: “Centre-ville de Melbourne”
  • French: “Melbourne CBD”
  • German: “Melbourne City Centre”
  • Greek: “Μελβούρνη”
  • Hebrew: “Melbourne CBD”
  • Hebrew: “Melbourne central business district, Victoria”
  • Hebrew: “Melbourne city centre”
  • Hebrew: “העיר מלבורן”
  • Hebrew: “לב מלבורן”
  • Hebrew: “מלבורן (פרוור)”
  • Hebrew: “מלבורן סי בי די”
  • Hebrew: “מלבורן סיטי סנטר”
  • Hebrew: “מלבורן סיטי”
  • Hebrew: “מלבורן, ויקטוריה, אוסטרליה”
  • Hebrew: “מלבורן, ויקטוריה”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז העיר מלבורן”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז העסקים הראשי של מלבורן”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז מלבורן”
  • Hebrew: “רובע העסקים המרכזי במלבורן”
  • Hebrew: “רובע העסקים המרכזי של מלבורן”
  • Hebrew: “רובע העסקים הראשי במלבורן”
  • Italian: “centro di Melbourne”
  • Italian: “Centro di Melbourne”
  • Italian: “Melbourne CBD”
  • Japanese: “メルボルン・シティ・センター”
  • Japanese: “メルボルン中心市街地”
  • Japanese: “メルボルン市中心部”
  • Malay: “Foiben-tanànan’i Melbourne”
  • Malay: “Melbourne CBD”
  • Malay: “Pusat Bandar Melbourne”
  • Malay: “Pusat Bandar Raya Melbourne”
  • Persian: “مرکز شهر ملبورن”
  • Russian: “Центр Мельбурна”
  • Sinhala: “මෙල්බර්න් නගර මධ්‍යය”
  • Slovenian: “osrednje poslovno okrožje Melbourna”
  • Slovenian: “središče Melbourna”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Melbourne”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung tâm Thành phố Melbourne”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung tâm thành phố”

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