5. Los Angeles is close to the coast of San Pedro Bay and Santa Monica Bay on the east side of the vast Pacific Ocean, and backed by the vast San Gabriel Mountain, covering an area of over 1 1,200 square kilometers. The metropolitan area includes Los Angeles County, part of Orange County and Ventura County, and more than 80 towns such as Beverly Hills, Pasadena and Long Beach, with a total area of 65,438+00,567 square kilometers. Now Los Angeles has become the largest petrochemical, marine, aerospace and electronic industrial base in the United States. It is one of the major science and technology centers in the United States, with the largest number of scientists and engineers in the United States and the title of "City of Science and Technology", where the famous Silicon Valley is located. In recent years, the financial industry and commerce in Los Angeles have also developed rapidly. Hundreds of banks have set up offices in Los Angeles, including many famous international consortia, such as Lockheed, Northrop and Rockwell. Los Angeles has become a financial center after new york. According to the urban population, the GDP of Los Angeles in 2004 was $6543.8+$96 million. 6. Osaka, Japan It is located in the southwest of Honshu, facing Osaka Bay, with an area of 204 square kilometers and a population of about 3 million. Hanshin (Kobe) Industrial Zone is one of the four major industrial zones in Japan with Osaka as the center. It is surrounded by about 30 satellite cities such as Tuban, Sakata and Osaka, as well as Osaka Economic Park where high-tech enterprises are concentrated. According to the urban population, Osaka's GDP in 2004 was 1, 9 1 billion dollars. 7. Located at the southeast end of China, Hong Kong is the hub of rapidly developing East Asia, with superior geographical conditions. The total area of Hong Kong 1 103 square kilometers. At the end of 2003, the population of Hong Kong was about 6.8 million, with a population density of 6,300 people per square kilometer. Hong Kong is the 1 1 largest trading system, the sixth largest foreign exchange market and the 12 largest banking center in the world. Hong Kong's stock market is the second largest in Asia. According to the urban population, the GDP of Hong Kong in 2004 was US$ 654.38+64 million.
Chicago is the third largest city in the United States and the largest industrial center in the Great Lakes region. Located in the northeast of Illinois, at the southwest end of Lake Michigan. It covers an area of 590.5 square kilometers and has a population of 2.784 million (1990), of which blacks account for about 40%. The metropolitan area consists of six counties including Cook, including several neighboring cities in satellite towns and the northwest lakeside area in Indiana, with an area of 1206 1.6 square kilometers. Within 480 kilometers around Chicago, nearly 20% of the country's population is concentrated. In 2004, the GDP of Chicago was $654.38+46 million. 9. Toronto is the capital of Ontario, Canada, with a population of more than 4.3 million and an area of 632 square kilometers. As the economic center of Canada, Toronto is the largest city in Canada, located in the heart of Canada, close to Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago and other industrialized areas in the eastern United States. Automobile industry, electronics industry, finance industry and tourism industry play an important role in Toronto's economy, and Canada's largest automobile factory is located here. Its high-tech products account for 60% of the country. The headquarters of famous Canadian banks such as Royal Bank, Imperial Bank and Bank of Montreal are all gathered here, and 90% branches of foreign banks in Canada are located in Toronto. Toronto Stock Exchange is the third largest exchange in North America in terms of transaction volume. According to the urban population, the GDP of Toronto in 2004 was $65,438+$0,465,438+$0.9 billion. 10. MexicoCity, the capital of Mexico, is located on the Texaco Lake Plain in the south of the Mexican Plateau, with an altitude of 2,240 meters. Over the past 30 years, the urban area has been expanding continuously, forming a metropolitan area, including Mexico City and nearby 17 towns, with an area of about 20 18 square kilometers. Mexico City has a population of 20 million (including satellite cities), ranking first in the world, and its growth rate is also the highest among major cities in the world. Mexico City is the political, economic and cultural center of Mexico. Its GDP accounts for 48% of the country. According to the urban population, the GDP of Mexico City in 2004 was $6543.8+$25 million.