Spatial Analysis of Wholesale Trade Establishments in the City of Hilla

Abstract

The wholesale trade activity is one of the important activities in the study area, although the wholesale trade activity can be considered a secondary activity in the commercial function provided by the city of Hilla. The study concluded that the geographical distribution of Hilla trade institutions has been affected by several factors, as it has been affected by the extension of transport routes and the ease of access to these institutions, as well as by the prices or the value of the land, as well as the benefit from the factor of neighboring wholesale trade institutions, and the activity of wholesale trade has recently witnessed a clear growth that represents The increase in the number of these institutions and their geographical distribution over the study area, and this is due to the improvement of the standard of living of the population, the development of production and the ease of importation, as well as the continuous increase in the number of the city's population. Which predicts a continuous growth of this activity in the coming years.