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The Auckland central business district, also called the city centre by Auckland Council, is the geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area. The area is made up of the city's largest concentration of skyscrapers and businesses, which form an iconic skyline.The CBD is one of the most densely developed places in New Zealand, with many commercial and some residential developments packed into a space of only. Bounded by several major motorways and by the harbour coastline in the north, it is surrounded further out by mostly suburban areas.GeographyLocated on the northern shore of a narrow isthmus, the CBD extends from the Auckland waterfront on the Waitemata Harbour southwards along Queen Street and a number of other parallel-running streets. The CBD is generally considered to be bounded by the main motorways that surround all non-harbour sides, with State Highway 1 forming the southern and western boundaries, and State Highway 16 / Grafton Gully forming the eastern boundary.The CBD has an area of, similar to the Sydney CBD, and twice as large as the CBDs of Wellington and Christchurch. The CBD is to a substantial part located on reclaimed land of the Waitemata Harbour. For a closer discussion of this aspect, see the Commercial Bay and Auckland waterfront articles.