List of some notable CBDs and downtowns

It's the list from wikipedia.org (CBD)

Africa & the Middle East

Johannesburg--Central Business District & Sandton
Lagos--Victoria Island
Nairobi--Central Business District
Tel Aviv--Central Business District


Asia

Beijing--Central Business District
Hong Kong--Central and Tsim Sha Tsui
Shanghai--Pudong District
Tokyo--Marunouchi and Otemachi wards
Kuala Lumpur--Daerah Sentral Johor Bahru (Central District of Johor Bahru), Golden Triangle of Kuala Lumpur, and Kuala Lumpur City Centre
Manila--Makati City
Singapore--the Central Area, Raffles Place, Orchard Road, Shenton Way and Marina Centre, Marina Bay


Australia

Melbourne--Melbourne central business district
Sydney--Sydney central business district
Brisbane--Brisbane central business district, Queensland


Europe

Dublin--Dublin City Centre: central area of Greater Dublin Area, including docklands and city core.
Frankfurt--the Innenstadt
Istanbul--the Levent District.
London--the City of London and the West End as well as the newly built Canary Wharf.
Madrid--AZCA / Nuevos Ministerios
Paris--La Defense
Warsaw--Śródmieście


North America

Downtown Anchorage, Alaska
Loda, Downtown Mobile, Alabama
Downtown Boston, Massachusetts
Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina
Chicago Loop, Illinois
Downtown Cleveland, Ohio
Downtown Dallas, Texas
Downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Downtown Honolulu, Hawaii
Downtown Houston, Texas
Downtown Kansas City, Missouri
Downtown Los Angeles, California
San Francisco Financial District, California
Downtown Manhattan, New York City (the Lower Manhattan CBD)
Midtown Manhattan, New York City (the largest CBD in the country)
Downtown Miami, Florida
Downtown Montreal, Quebec
Downtown Nashville, Tennessee
Downtown New Haven, Connecticut
Central Business District, New Orleans, Louisiana
Downtown Orlando, Florida
Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Downtown Phoenix, Arizona
Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Downtown Portland, Oregon
Downtown Richmond, Virginia
Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah
Downtown San Jose, California
Downtown Tampa and Westshore, Tampa, Florida
Downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Downtown Seattle, Washington
Downtown Syracuse, New York
Downtown Youngstown, Ohio
Downtown - Columbus, Ohio
The District - Downtown Columbia, Missouri
El Centro, Mexico City, Mexico
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Panama City, Panama

The list seems to be a bit weird....>