Golden Triangle may refer to:

Places

Asia

Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) The Golden Triangle is a large, mountainous region of approximately in northeastern Myanmar, northwestern Thailand and northern Laos, centered on the confluence of the Ruak River, Ruak and Mekong rivers. The name "Golden Triangle" was coined by ...

, named for its opium production * Golden Triangle (Yangtze), China, named for its rapid economic development * Golden Triangle (India), comprising the popular tourist spots Delhi, Agra and Jaipur *

Golden Triangle of Jakarta The Golden Triangle of Jakarta (), also referred to as the Medan Merdeka–Thamrin–Sudirman Axis () or the Sudirman–Thamrin–Kuningan Axis (), is a roughly triangular area in the center of Jakarta, Indonesia, extending from Central Jakarta to ...

, the main central business district of Jakarta, Indonesia *

Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (, , abbreviated GTSEZ) is located along the Mekong River in the Ton Pheung District of Bokeo Province in Laos. The zone has an area of about 3,000 hectares and was created in 2007 by the Politics of ...

, situated on the Lao side of the border between Thailand and Myanmar. * Minnan Golden Triangle, economic production area in the Fujian province of China, includes Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou *

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, nickname Golden Triangle, in northeastern China

Europe

Golden Triangle (Algarve) The Golden Triangle is the name given to the affluent region outside of Faro, capital of the Algarve region of Portugal. Famous for its luxury resorts and Michelin star restaurants, it is located between three points: * Resort-town of Vilamoura * ...

, an affluent tourist area in the Algarve, Portugal * Golden Triangle (Finland), an informal area between the cities of Helsinki, Turku, and Tampere *

Golden Triangle of Art The Paseo del Prado is one of the main boulevards in Madrid, Spain. It runs north–south between the Plaza de Cibeles and the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (also known as Plaza de Atocha), with the Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo (the locatio ...

, formed by three prominent museums in Madrid, Spain

United Kingdom

Golden Triangle (Cheshire) The Golden Triangle (sometimes called the Footballer Belt) is an area of affluent small towns and villages in Cheshire, England. The exact three points of the triangle are the subject of local debate but are generally considered to be Alderley ...

, named for its affluence * Golden Triangle, an affluent area in the Epping Forest district between

Chigwell Chigwell is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It is part of the urban and metropolitan area of London, and is adjacent to the northern boundary of Greater London. It is on the Central line of the Londo ...

, Loughton and Buckhurst Hill, Essex * Golden Triangle (Norwich), a popular, affluent residential quarter * Golden Triangle (Yorkshire), the wealthy property triangle of North Leeds, Harrogate and York *

Golden triangle (universities) The golden triangle is the triangle formed by the university cities of Cambridge, London, and Oxford in the south east of England in the United Kingdom. The triangle is occasionally referred to as the Loxbridge triangle, a portmanteau of Londo ...

, informal grouping of research universities in south east England * Golden logistics triangle, a section of the English Midlands with good connectivity to the rest of the country

North America

Canada

* Golden Triangle (cycling route), named for the town of Golden, British Columbia, which forms one point * Golden Triangle, Ottawa, named for the property triangle in Ottawa between Elgin Street and the Rideau Canal

Mexico

* Golden Triangle, a region in the Mexican north-west controlled by the infamous

Sinaloa Cartel The Sinaloa Cartel (, , after the native Sinaloa region), also known as the ''CDS'', the ''Guzmán-Loera Organization'', the ''Federation'', the ''Sinaloa Cartel'', or the Pacific Cartel, is a large, drug trafficking transnational organized cri ...

United States

in order of state then city * Golden Triangle (Rocky Mountains), a fly fishing area in the Montana/Wyoming/Idaho region * Golden Triangle (California), part of the airspace at Edwards Air Force Base * Golden Triangle, the central business district of

Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. A notable and historic suburb of Los Angeles, it is located just southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Beverly Hills ...

Golden Triangle, San Diego University City (UC) is a community in San Diego, California, located in the northwestern portion of the city next to the University of California, San Diego. The area was originally intended to serve as housing for the faculty of the university ...

, or University City * Golden Triangle, in

Saratoga, California Saratoga is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Located in Silicon Valley, in the southern Bay Area, it had a population of 31,051 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Saratoga is known for its wineries, restaurant ...

Rincon de los Esteros, San Jose Rincon de los Esteros, also known as Innovation Triangle, the Golden Triangle, the Innovation District, or simply as Rincon, is a vast district of San Jose, California, making up a significant portion of North San Jose. The district has one of ...

, in San Jose, California in Silicon Valley *

Golden Triangle, Denver __NOTOC__ Civic Center, Denver is a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, United States. The northern part of the neighborhood overlaps partially with the Denver Civic Center, an area of parks and civic buildings. The U.S. Census estimated the popu ...

, an informal name for a downtown Denver neighborhood in Colorado * Golden Triangle (Kentucky), the area outlined by Lexington, Louisville and Northern Kentucky * Golden Triangle (Massachusetts), a retail district *

Golden Triangle (Mississippi) The Golden Triangle (GTR) is a region in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The "triangle" is formed by the cities of Columbus, Starkville, and West Point but the region is often more broadly-defined to include all of Cl ...

, the area outlined by Columbus, Starkville, and West Point ** Golden Triangle Regional Airport, Mississippi * Golden Triangle (Montana), a folk region in the northern plains of Montana *

Golden Triangle, New Jersey Golden Triangle is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Cherry Hill, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

, an unincorporated community *

Golden Triangle (New Hampshire) The Merrimack Valley is a bi-state region along the Merrimack River in the U.S. states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The Merrimack is one of the larger waterways in New England and has helped to define the livelihood and culture of those l ...

, the area outlined by Manchester, Nashua and Salem *

Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh) Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River an ...

, Pennsylvania, the wedge-shaped central business district formed by the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers * Golden Triangle (Texas), the area outlined by Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange * Golden Triangle Mall, Denton, Texas * Golden Triangle (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood and business improvement district * Golden Triangle (Wisconsin), the area along the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers

Australia

* Golden Triangle, nickname for an area in the

Brisbane central business district Brisbane City is the central suburb and central business district of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is also colloquially referred to as the "Brisbane CBD", "the city", or simply "town". The CBD is located on a point ...

* Golden Triangle (New South Wales), agricultural region bounded roughly by the towns of Narrabri, Moree, and Inverell * Golden Triangle, nickname for the

Goldfields region of Victoria The Goldfields region of Victoria is a region commonly used but typically defined in both historical geography and tourism geography (in particular heritage tourism). The region is also known as the Victorian Golden Triangle. Description ...

* Golden Triangle, nickname for the Western Suburbs of Perth

Arts and entertainment

* Golden Triangles, another name for the Triforce in the Universe of ''The Legend of Zelda'' series of video games * Golden Triangle, the record label of the Australian band Mammoth Mammoth * "Golden Triangle", a song by Jolin Tsai from the 2007 album ''

Agent J Agent J (usually called J), born James Darrell Edwards III, is one of the two protagonists of the ''Men in Black'' film series. Born October 19, 1965, Jay is an agent of the MIB, recruited by Agent K. He is energetic and tries to bring life and ...

'' * "The Golden Triangle", an episode of the action-adventure television series ''MacGyver''

Other uses

* Golden triangle (composition), a rule of thumb for composition in photographs or paintings *

Golden triangle (mathematics) A golden triangle, also called a sublime triangle, is an isosceles triangle in which the duplicated side is in the golden ratio \varphi to the base side: : = \varphi = \approx 1.618034~. Angles * The vertex angle is: ::\theta = 2\arcsin = 2\ ...

, an isosceles triangle whose sides are in the golden ratio ** Kimberling's golden triangle, Clark Kimberling's extension of the golden ratio * Golden triangle (slavery), the historic triangular trade of slaves across the Atlantic * ''Golden Triangle'' (train), a train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad; see

List of rail accidents (1930–49) A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

* ''Golden Triangle'', a named frequency of the PATrain commuter rail service