List of world trade centers

World trade centers (usually abbreviated WTCs) arose in Japan

Japan

is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 and the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in the 1970s. A world trade center puts all the services associated with global commerce under one roof, a kind of supermarket

Supermarket

A supermarket, also called a grocery store in some parts of North America, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...

 or shopping mall

Shopping mall

A shopping mall, shopping centre or shopping center is a building or multiple buildings consisting of a complex of shops representing leading merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a convenient parking area – a modern,...

 providing networking access between corporation

Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the shareholders and employees. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate...

s and government

Government

A government is the body within a community, political entity or organization which has the authority to make and enforce rules, laws and regulations.....

s. There are approximately 279 world trade centers in approximately 75 countries. WTCA President Guy F. Tozzoli explains a world trade center as:

World trade centers (usually abbreviated WTCs) arose in Japan

Japan

is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 and the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in the 1970s. A world trade center puts all the services associated with global commerce under one roof, a kind of supermarket

Supermarket

A supermarket, also called a grocery store in some parts of North America, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...

 or shopping mall

Shopping mall

A shopping mall, shopping centre or shopping center is a building or multiple buildings consisting of a complex of shops representing leading merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a convenient parking area – a modern,...

 providing networking access between corporation

Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the shareholders and employees. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate...

s and government

Government

A government is the body within a community, political entity or organization which has the authority to make and enforce rules, laws and regulations.....

s. There are approximately 279 world trade centers in approximately 75 countries. WTCA President Guy F. Tozzoli explains a world trade center as:

List of world trade centers

Existing WTCs

Country	City	Building title	Floor count	WTCA Membership?
Australia	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne city centre is the anchor of the larger geographical area and statistical division known as the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area – of which Melbourne is...	World Trade Centre (Melbourne)	12
Bahrain	Manama Manama Manama is the capital and largest city of Bahrain with an approximate population of 155,000 people....	Bahrain World Trade Center	50	Yes
Bulgaria	Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city by population in the European Union, with 1.4 million people living in the Capital Municipality...	Interpred World Trade Center Sofia Interpred World Trade Center Sofia The Interpred World Trade Center Sofia is a trade complex in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria in Europe. It has 10 floors. It is a member of the WTCF. A nearby station of the Sofia Metro is named after it.-External links:...	10	Yes
Canada	Montreal Montreal Montreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...	World Trade Center Montreal World Trade Centre Montreal The World Trade Centre Montreal is a building located in the Quartier international district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....	10
Canada	Halifax	World Trade and Convention Centre World Trade and Convention Centre The World Trade and Convention Centre is a convention centre/office complex in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is adjacent to the Halifax Metro Centre....	10	Yes
China	Beijing Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China...	World Trade Center (Beijing) World Trade Center (Beijing) The China World Trade Center is located in the central business district of Beijing, China.The construction started in 1985 and was completed in 1990. It is the top upmarket commercial mixed-use development...	74
Finland	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it the most populous municipality in Finland by a wide margin...	World Trade Center (Helsinki)
Finland	Helsinki Airport Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Vantaa, Finland, is the main international airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. It is located about from the centre of Vantaa, Tikkurila, and north of Helsinki's city centre...	World Trade Center (Helsinki)	12
Finland	Turku Turku Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper in the Province of Western Finland. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...	World Trade Center (Turku) World Trade Center (Turku) The World Trade Center Turku is a world trade center for financial companies and bureaus, located in central Turku, Finland. The building is located on Linnankatu. the WTC Turku is located within a walking distance to the Port of Turku.-External links:*...	5
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...	World Trade Center (Hong Kong)
Japan	Osaka Osaka is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...	World Trade Center (Osaka)	55
Japan	Tokyo Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....	World Trade Center (Tokyo) World Trade Center (Tokyo) is a 40-story commercial skyscraper located in Hamamatsuchō, Minato, Tokyo. Completed in 1970, the building is one of Japan's earliest skyscrapers. Upon its completion, the 163-meter-tall WTC Building took the title of Japan's tallest skyscraper from the Kasumigaseki Building; it retained this...	40	Yes
Korea	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, it is one of the world's largest cities. The Seoul National Capital Area, which includes the major port city of Incheon and most of Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million...	World Trade Center Seoul World Trade Center Seoul The World Trade Center Seoul is a building complex comprising six buildings, and centered around the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center on Teheranno in the Gangnam-gu district of Seoul.-Trade Tower:...	54	Yes
Macau	Macau Macau The Macau Special Administrative Region , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong...	World Trade Center (Macau)	19
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur , is the capital and largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...	Putra World Trade Centre Putra World Trade Centre Putra World Trade Centre is a main convention and exhibition centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Construction commenced in 1981 and was completed in 1984. The building was officially opened on 2 September 1985 by the then Malaysian prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad during the first UMNO...	40
Mexico	Guadalajara Guadalajara Guadalajara may refer to the following places:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico*Club Deportivo Guadalajara, a Mexican football club*Guadalajara , a province in Castile-La Mancha...	World Trade Center Guadalajara World Trade Center Guadalajara The World Trade Center Guadalajara is a building complex in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It consists of two 13-story towers joined at the top by an arc....	13
Mexico	México City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country, and the most populous city, with about 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008...	World Trade Center México City	52
Netherlands	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country...	World Trade Center (Amsterdam) World Trade Center (Amsterdam) The World Trade Center Amsterdam is a commercial center located at the Zuidas in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was officially opened in 1985, and renovated between 1998 and 2004. The center consists of nine buildings—labeled from A to I—with 120,000 m2 of offices and office...	27
Pakistan	Islamabad Islamabad Islām ābād is the capital of Pakistan, and is the tenth largest city in Pakistan with an estimated population of over 673,766 in 2009...	World Trade Center Islamabad	32	Yes
Romania	Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmboviţa River....	World Trade Center (Bucharest)
Sri Lanka	Colombo Colombo Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the capital city of Sri Lanka. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins and a city...	World Trade Center (Colombo) World Trade Center (Colombo) The World Trade Center is the tallest completed building in Sri Lanka. Standing over from the ground, it ranks as the second tallest twin tower in South Asia. WTCC runs under the management of the Overseas Reality Ceylon ...	40	Yes
Taiwan	Taipei Taipei Taipei is the largest city in Taiwan and has served as the de facto capital of the Republic of China since the Chinese Civil War in 1949. It is situated on the Danshui River, almost at the northern tip of the island, about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...	Taipei World Trade Center	2
United Arab Emirates	Dubai Dubai Dubai is one of the seven emirates and the most populous state of the United Arab Emirates . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula. The Dubai Municipality is sometimes called Dubai state to distinguish it from the emirate...	World Trade Center (Dubai)	39
United States	Baltimore	Baltimore World Trade Center Baltimore World Trade Center Located on the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, the Baltimore World Trade Center is the world's tallest equilateral five-sided building . It was designed by the firm of the famous architect I.M. Pei, with the principal architects being Henry Cobb and Pershing Wong...	32
United States	Denver Denver, Colorado The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the state of Colorado, in the United States. Denver is a consolidated city-county located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...	Denver World Trade Center Denver World Trade Center Denver World Trade Center is an office complex in Denver, Colorado. It consists of Denver World Trade Center I and II. The are both owned by Brookfield Properties.Denver World Trade Center I is 325 feet tall and was completed in 1979. It has 28 floors....	29
United States	Lexington Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 65th largest in the United States. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...	World Trade Center (Lexington) World Trade Center (Lexington) The World Trade Center is a skyscraper in downtown Lexington, Kentucky bordered by South Mill, Vine and East Main Streets. Originally named the Vine Center, it was constructed by the Webb Cos. The World Trade Center was originally named the Vine Center and includes the adjacent Radisson Hotel....
United States	New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans is a major U.S. port and the largest city in the state of Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area, the largest metro area in the state....	World Trade Center New Orleans World Trade Center New Orleans World Trade Center New Orleans, located at 2 Canal Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 33-story, -tall skyscraper....	33

WTCs that are abandoned, demolished or destroyed

Country	City	Building title	Floor count	Status
United Kingdom	London London []London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...	World Trade Centre (London) World Trade Centre (London) Built in 1991, The World Trade Centre was an 89 m, 19 story building in the Canary Wharf area of London, UK. The building was heavily damaged by an IRA bomb on February 9, 1996...	19	Destroyed
United States	New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...	World Trade Center (New York) World Trade Center The World Trade Center was a complex in Lower Manhattan in New York City whose seven buildings were destroyed in 2001 in the September 11 terrorist attacks...	110	Destroyed September 11, 2001 attacks The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners...

See also

• List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
• List of twin buildings and structures
• World Trade Centers Association
• World Trade Center (disambiguation)
  World Trade Center (disambiguation)
  The most well-known World Trade Center was a complex of office buildings in New York City destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. A new building, 1 World Trade Center , is under construction as a replacement....