National Central City
Simplified Chinese	国家中心城市
Traditional Chinese	國家中心城市
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Guójiā Zhōngxīn Chéngshì

National central city (simplified Chinese: 国家中心城市; traditional Chinese: 國家中心城市; pinyin: Guójiā Zhōngxīn Chéngshì) was a concept proposed by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China in 2005 as a first step in reforming urbanization in China. National central cities are described as a group of cities in charge of leading, developing, performing tasks in political, economic, and cultural aspects.^[1]

In February 2010, the ministry issued the "National Urban System Plan" and designated five major cities, Beijing and Tianjin in the Bohai Economic Rim, Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta, Guangzhou in the Pearl River Delta, and Chongqing in western China also included Hong Kong as a special-national central city .^[2] National central cities sphere of influence have great impact around the surrounding cities on modernizing and integrating services in fields such as infrastructure, finance, public education, social welfare, sanitation, business licensing and urban planning. The ministry also makes mention of regional central cities including Shenzhen, Nanjing, Wuhan, Shenyang, Chengdu, and Xi'an.

List of the national central cities[link]

Gallery[link]

See also[link]

• List of cities in the People's Republic of China by urban population
• List of province-level capitals and sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China

• List of Chinese municipalities and prefecture-level cities by GDP
• List of Chinese municipalities and prefecture-level divisions by GDP per capita

References[link]

In city planning, a Central City is the largest or most important city or cities of a metropolitan area, of which the other smaller cities and towns of the metropolitan area are suburbs. A central city is usually the first settlement established in an urban region before the outlying districts came into existence, later in history. Central cities often form the regional downtowns of metro areas.

Central City may also refer to:

• A central business district

Place names[link]

United States

• Central City, Arkansas
• Central City, Colorado
• Central City, Illinois
• Central City, Iowa
• Central City, Kentucky
• Central City, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish
• Central City, New Orleans, Louisiana, a neighborhood
• Central City, Nebraska
• Central City, Pennsylvania

Developments[link]

• Central City Shopping Centre, a shopping mall and office tower complex in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
• Central City (building), a bus terminal with hotel and shopping mall in Seoul, South Korea

Fictional places[link]

• Central City (DC Comics), the home of the second version of the superhero the Flash
• Central City, the home of another comics character, the Spirit
• Central City, the home of Marvel Comics character Mister Fantastic
• Central City, the capital city in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
• Central City, a main city in the anime Fullmetal Alchemist
• Central City (manga), by Saya, previously published by Studio Ironcat
• Central City (Sonic the Hedgehog), a capital in the Sonic the Hedgehog videogame 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[link]

• Central City May Rise Again, an album by The Cape May

Sports[link]

• Central City FC, a soccer club based in Central Melbourne, Australia.

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Mohammed Abu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-11-14) 14 November 1991 (age 20)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Strømsgodset (on loan from Manchester City)
Number	20
Youth career
	Sporting Club Accra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2010–	Manchester City	0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Strømsgodset (loan)	35	(1)
2012	→ Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)	0	(0)
2012–	→ Strømsgodset (loan)	10	(2)
National team‡
2011–	Ghana[1]	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:32, 23 May 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:28, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Mohammed Abu (born 14 November 1991) is a Ghanaian international footballer, who plays professionally for Norwegian club Strømsgodset, on loan from English club Manchester City, as a midfielder.

Career[link]

Club career[link]

After playing youth football with Sporting Club Accra, Abu signed for English side Manchester City on 31 August 2010.^[2] He was immediately loaned to Norwegian club Strømsgodset, where he made his professional debut.^[3] On 29 June 2011, Abu's loan deal was extended until December 2011.^[4]

In October 2011, Abu signed a new contract with Manchester City, until June 2014.^[5] In January 2012, he joined German 2. Fußball-Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt on loan.^[6][7] Without playing a match he again was transferred to Strømsgodset at the end of March.^[8] On 19 May he scored twice in Strømsgodset's 3-2 victory over Fredrikstad FK.^[9]

International career[link]

Abu made his first senior appearance for Ghana in October 2011, in a 0–0 friendly draw against Nigeria.^[10] In December 2011, he was named to the Ghana national team provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations,^[11] and in January 2012 he was selected for the tournament's 23-man squad.^[12]

References[link]

v t e Ghana squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place 1 Adjei 2 Opare 3 Gyan 4 Paintsil 5 Mensah 6 Annan 7 Inkoom 8 Badu 9 Boateng 10 A. Ayew 11 Muntari 12 Tagoe 13 J. Ayew 14 Alhassan 15 Vorsah 16 Kwarasey 17 Addy 18 Jonathan 19 Takyi 20 Asamoah 21 Boye 22 Sowah 23 Abu Coach: Stevanović

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