In spite of the complexity of the concept of competitiveness, its goal is, to some extent clear to be able to outperform other competitors. The four components of urban competitiveness are economic, socio-cultural, environmental and locational. Review of major City competitiveness models used for analysis of subjects of subnational level revealed that most of the models emphasize economic factors affecting city competitiveness pay no or very limited attention to other types of factors, especially those that are outside of direct city control. But, Since most of the information needed to manage a city has a spatial dimension, take attention to the locational side of competitiveness is very important.
The general objective of this research is to identify the factors influencing the promotion of urban locational competitiveness. From the UN perspective, there are three different ways of identifying the real factors of urban competitiveness. With regard to the research paradigm, which is positivist, a quantitative/statistical method was chosen among the three methods proposed. Urban competitiveness locational indices are Hypsography, Location Conditions, Accessibility, and Spatial Data Infrastructure. The principal component analysis is the data analysis method using SPSS and Minitab software and XLSTAT. The first five principal components explain 0.87 variances.