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usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to:

Directions and generalised locations

Central Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Cong ...

, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as Middle Africa *

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

, a region in the centre of America continent *

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the f ...

, a region in the centre of Eurasian continent *

Central Australia Central Australia, also sometimes referred to as the Red Centre, is an inexactly defined region associated with the geographic centre of Australia. In its narrowest sense it describes a region that is limited to the town of Alice Springs and ...

, a region of the Australian continent *

Central Belt The Central Belt of Scotland is the area of highest population density within Scotland. Depending on the definition used, it has a population of between 2.4 and 4.2 million (the country's total was around 5.4 million in 2019), including Great ...

, an area in the centre of Scotland *

Central Europe Central Europe is an area of Europe between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, based on a common historical, social and cultural identity. The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) between Catholicism and Protestantism significantly shaped the ar ...

, a region of the European continent *

Central London Central London is the innermost part of London, in England, spanning several boroughs. Over time, a number of definitions have been used to define the scope of Central London for statistics, urban planning and local government. Its characteri ...

, the centre of London *

Central Region (disambiguation) Central Region, Center Region, Centrale Region, or Centre Region can refer to: Africa *Centre Region, Burkina Faso, one of 13 administrative regions * Centre Region, Cameroon, one of ten semi-autonomous regions * Maekel Region or Central Region, ...

Central United States The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern and Western as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the U.S. Census' definition of the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions ...

, a region of the United States of America

Specific locations

Countries

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of the C ...

, a country in Africa

States and provinces

* Blue Nile (state) or Central, a state in Sudan *

Central Department Central () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Areguá. With 2,243,792 inhabitants, it is the most populated and the smallest of the 17 departments of Paraguay. Boundaries *North: the departments of Cordillera and Presidente Hayes *Wes ...

, Paraguay *

Central Province (Kenya) The Central Province ( sw, Kati, ) was a region in central Kenya until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties. It covered an area of and was located to the north of Nairobi and west of Mount Kenya (''see maps''). The ...

Central Province (Papua New Guinea) Central Province is a province in Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast of the country. It has a population of 237,016 (2010 census) people and is in size. The seat of government of Central Province, which is located within the National C ...

* Central Province (Solomon Islands) *

Central Province, Sri Lanka The Central Province ( si, මධ්‍යම පළාත ''Madhyama Paḷāta'', ta, மத்திய மாகாணம் ''Madhdhiya Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of th ...

Central Province, Zambia Central Province is one of Zambia's ten provinces. The provincial capital is Kabwe, which is the home of the Mulungushi Rock of Authority. Central Province has an area of . It borders eight other provinces and has eleven districts. The total ...

Cities and districts

Jamaica

* Kingston Central (Jamaica Parliament constituency) * Saint Andrew East Central (Jamaica Parliament constituency) *

Saint Andrew North Central (Jamaica Parliament constituency) Saint Andrew North Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. Members Karl Samuda sinc ...

Saint Andrew West Central (Jamaica Parliament constituency) Saint Andrew West Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. Boundaries Consists of Mo ...

Saint Catherine West Central (Jamaica Parliament constituency) Saint Catherine West Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election. Members of Parliament ...

Saint James Central Saint James Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was first cont ...

Saint James East Central Saint James East Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the pe ...

Saint James West Central Saint James West Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the peopl ...

United Kingdom

Central (Cardiff electoral ward) Central was the name of an original electoral ward in the centre of the county borough and, from 1905, city of Cardiff, Wales. It elected representatives to the Cardiff County Borough Council and, from 1974, South Glamorgan County Council. The ...

, Wales *

Central (Liverpool ward) Central is a Liverpool City Council ward in the Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituency. The population at the 2011 census was 20,340. It was formed for the 2004 municipal elections from the former Abercromby, Everton and Smithdown w ...

, England *

Central Region, Scotland Central Region (''Roinn Meadhanach'' in Gaelic) was a local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, one of twelve such bodies across the country. The Regional Council's HQ was at Viewforth in Stirling, which had been previously the ...

, a former local government region *

Ayr Central Ayr Central is covered shopping centre in Ayr, Scotland. Built on a brown field site on Kyle Street, which had been abandoned for fifteen years, the development cost £75 million. It was opened ahead of schedule in March 2007, with the opening ...

, a shopping centre

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Aberdeen Central (UK Parliament constituency) Aberdeen Central was a burgh constituency in the city of Aberdeen in Scotland which was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1997 general election and returned one Member of Parl ...

Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency) Aberdeen Central (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Obar Dheathain Meadhain'') is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood) covering part of the Council areas of Scotland, council area of Aberdeen City C ...

Barnsley Central (UK Parliament constituency) Barnsley Central is a constituency in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2011 by Dan Jarvis of the Labour Party. Constituency profile Barnsley Central is generally an urban seat and has a large ma ...

* Belfast Central (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) *

Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency) Bradford Central was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held under the first-past- ...

* Brent Central (UK Parliament constituency) *

Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency) Cardiff Central () is a borough constituency in the city of Cardiff. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. The seat is currently ...

Cardiff Central (Assembly constituency) Cardiff Central () is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects ...

Central Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Central Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Boundaries Central Armagh was a county constituency comprising the north central part of County Armagh. It was created when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and R ...

Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency) Central Ayrshire is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire council areas. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using t ...

Central Devon (UK Parliament constituency) Central Devon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Mel Stride, a Conservative. History The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, following a review of parliamentary repres ...

Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency) Central Norfolk was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. History The constituency was created by the Representation of t ...

Central Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency) Central Suffolk was a county constituency in the county of Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. History The constituency was created for the 1983 general electio ...

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency) Central Suffolk and North Ipswich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Dan Poulter, a Conservative. History The county constituency was formed for the 1997 general election, largely from eas ...

Croydon Central (UK Parliament constituency) Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive ...

Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency) Doncaster Central is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Dame Rosie Winterton of the Labour Party. Since 2017, Winterton has served as one of three Deputy Speakers of the House; she is the s ...

Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency) Ealing Central and Acton is a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Rupa Huq, who was elected as a Labour MP but was suspended from the party in September 2022 following alleged ra ...

* Edinburgh Central (UK Parliament constituency) *

Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency) Edinburgh Central is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Edinburgh. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of electio ...

Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow Central is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). In its current form, the constituency was first used at the 2005 general election, but there was also a ''Glasgow Central'' con ...

* Greater Manchester Central (European Parliament constituency) *

Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency) Hackney Central was a borough constituency in what was then the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House o ...

Hampshire Central (European Parliament constituency) Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smal ...

* Kingston upon Hull Central (UK Parliament constituency) *

Islington Central (UK Parliament constituency) Islington Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Islington district of Inner London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the Febru ...

* Lancashire Central (European Parliament constituency) *

Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency) Leeds Central is a constituency recreated in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1999 by Hilary Benn of the Labour Party. A former guise of the seat spanned 1885 to 1955. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Munici ...

* London Central (European Parliament constituency) *

Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency) Manchester Central is a parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester created in 1974 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2012 by Lucy Powell of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party. Constituency profile The ...

* Midlands Central (European Parliament constituency) * Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency) * Nottingham Central (UK Parliament constituency) *

Sefton Central (UK Parliament constituency) Sefton Central is a constituency represented by Bill Esterson of the Labour Party since 2010. Boundaries ;History of boundaries The constituency was created for the 2010 general election, replacing much of Crosby along with part of Knows ...

* Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency) * Southwark Central (UK Parliament constituency) * Stoke-on-Trent Central (UK Parliament constituency) *

Sunderland Central (UK Parliament constituency) Sunderland Central is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It is represented by the Labour Party MP Julie Elliott, who has held the seat since its creation in 2010. Constituency profile The Sunderland Central constitu ...

* York Central (UK Parliament constituency)

United States

Central, Alaska Central is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 96, down from 134 in 2000. Every February, Central hosts a checkpoint for the long-distance Yukon Quest sled dog ...

* Central, Arizona * Central California (disambiguation) *

Central City, Colorado The historic City of Central, commonly known as Central City, is a home rule municipality located in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, Colorado, United States. Central City is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gilpin County ...

* Central, Indiana * Central, Louisiana * Central, Michigan * Central, Minnesota, Koochiching County *

Central, Minneapolis The Central Minneapolis community is located in the central part of the city, consisting of 6 smaller official neighborhoods, and includes Downtown Minneapolis and the central business district. It also includes the many old flour mills, the ...

, Minnesota * Central (neighborhood), Minneapolis * Central Township, Merrick County, Nebraska *

Central, New Mexico Santa Clara is a village in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,686 at the 2010 census, down from 1,944 in 2000. Today it is a bedroom community for nearby Silver City. Name Santa Clara was long known as "Central". It ...

* Central, Cleveland, Ohio * Central, South Carolina * Central, Tennessee * Central, Utah * Central, West Virginia

Other nations

Central District (Botswana) Central is the largest of Botswana's districts in terms of area and population. It encompasses the traditional homeland of the Bamangwato people. Some of the most politically connected Batswana have come from the Central District, including form ...

* Central, Bahia, Brazil *

Central, Hong Kong Central (also Central District) is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowlo ...

Central and Western District The Central and Western District () located on northwestern part of Hong Kong Island is one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 243,266 in 2016. The district has the most educated residents with the second ...

, Hong Kong *

Central, New South Wales Central is an urban locality around Central railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. The locality is in the in ...

, Australia *

Central Otago Central Otago is located in the inland part of the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand. The motto for the area is "A World of Difference". The area is dominated by mountain ranges and the upper reaches of the Clutha River and tribut ...

, part of New Zealand's South Island, often known simply as Central *

Central Federal District The Central Federal District ( rus, Центра́льный федера́льный о́круг, r=Tsentralny federalny okrug, p=tsɨnˈtralʲnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Geographically ...

, a federal district of Russia *

Central Area, Singapore The Central Area, also called the City Area, and informally The City, is the city centre of Singapore. Located in the south-eastern part of the Central Region, the Central Area consists of eleven constituent planning areas: the Downtown Core ...

* Central District Municipality, a district in North West, South Africa * Central Italy (European Parliament constituency)

Railways

Central Railway (India) Central Railway (abbreviated CR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. Its headquarters is in Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. It has the distinction of operating the first passenger railway line in India, which opened from M ...

** Central line (Mumbai Suburban Railway) *

Central line (London Underground) The Central line is a London Underground line that runs through central London, from , Essex, in the north-east to and in west London. Printed in red on the Tube map, the line serves 49 stations over . It is one of only two lines on the Undergr ...

, on the London Underground *

Central station Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...

, a generic name for a centrally-located or main station of a town or city * Central Station (disambiguation), railway stations known by the name "Central"

Sports

* Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero, a football (soccer) club in Argentina *

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English- ...

, an important football club in Argentina *

Central Sport Club Central Sport Club, usually known simply as Central, is a Brazilian football club. Based in Caruaru, Pernambuco state, the club competes in the Série D. History On June 15, 1919, at Sociedade Musical Comercial Caruaruense, the club was found ...

, a football (soccer) club in Brazil *

União Central Futebol Clube União is the Portuguese word for Union. It may refer to: *the Brazilian federal government * União do Vegetal, a church known for its usage of Hoasca as tea * Brazilian frigate ''União'' (F45), a general-purpose ''Niterói'' class frigate laun ...

, a football (soccer) club in Brazil *

Central (women's field hockey team) The Central women's field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey sti ...

, in New Zealand * Central United, a football (soccer) club in New Zealand

Companies

* Central (home improvement store), a home improvement store chain located in Nova Scotia, Canada *

Central Group Central Group consists of a variety of diverse investments in various corporations in Thailand and abroad, including investments in retail, property development, brand management, hospitality, and food and beverage sectors, and in digital lifes ...

, a department store company in Thailand *

ITV Central ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands. It was created following the rest ...

(formerly Central Independent Television), the ITV company formed from ATV *

Central Trains Central Trains was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by National Express that operated a variety of local and inter-regional trains from 2 March 1997 until 11 November 2007. Overview Created out of the Central division of ...

, a former UK train operating company owned by National Express Group *

London Central London Central is a bus company operating in South London. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group and operates services under contract to Transport for London. History London Central commenced operating on 1 April 1989 when London Bus ...

, a bus operating company in London owned by

Go-Ahead Group The Go-Ahead Group plc is a passenger transport company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, with operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Singapore, Norway and Germany. Formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange, in 2022 it was purchased ...

Education

Central C of E Junior School Chichester () is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. It is the only c ...

, a school in the United Kingdom *

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. It became a ...

, a university in London commonly known as "Central" * Central College (disambiguation) * Central High School (disambiguation)

Other uses

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sugar refinery A sugar refinery is a refinery which processes raw sugar from cane or beets into white refined sugar. Many cane sugar mills produce raw sugar, which is sugar that still contains molasses, giving it more colour (and impurities) than the whi ...

* Central algebra, in mathematics an associative algebra over the center of the algebra itself *

Central angle A central angle is an angle whose apex (vertex) is the center O of a circle and whose legs (sides) are radii intersecting the circle in two distinct points A and B. Central angles are subtended by an arc between those two points, and the arc l ...

, a geometric measurement * Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) * Central Christian Church (Henderson, Nevada), a postdenominational Evangelical megachurch * Central churchmanship, an Anglican tradition * The Central, a commercial and residential building in

Clarke Quay Clarke Quay is a historical riverside quay in Singapore, located within the Singapore River Planning Area. The quay is situated upstream from the mouth of the Singapore River and Boat Quay. Etymology ''Clarke Quay'' was named after Sir And ...

, Singapore * Central (Department Store), a retail chain of the Pantaloon Retail India * Central District (disambiguation) * Central Hospital (disambiguation), various hospitals * Central Jail, a jail in India, Pakistan, and other South Asian countries usually meant for confinement of long-term convicts *

Central (TV channel) Central was a Singaporean English and Tamil language free-to-air television channel. Its programming schedule was composed of three timeshared channels on its frequency slot: Kids Central, Vasantham Central and Arts Central. Previously, ...

, a defunct TV channel in Singapore * Central, the fictional area which seceded from both the United States and the Confederate States during the American Civil War in ''

My Name Is Earl ''My Name Is Earl'' is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia that aired on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and starred Ja ...

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Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China The State Council, constitutionally synonymous with the Central People's Government since 1954 (particularly in relation to local governments), is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the p ...

, the communist government *

Central Police Division The Central Police Division (or 'A' Division), is one of the seven land division of the Singapore Police Force The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal law enforcement agency responsible for the prevention of crime and la ...

, a police division in Singapore *

Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. It became a ...

, London *

Central Time Zone The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinat ...

, a time zone in the Americas * Central, Zürich, a square in Zürich, Switzerland