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The western part of Mumbai Suburban district (to the west of Sanjay Gandhi National Park) is called the Western Suburbs and the eastern part of the district is called the Eastern Suburbs. The northernmost portion of the island, which is outside of the Mumbai city limits, lies in Thane District .
Vile Parle (IPA: [ʋile paːɾle], also known as Parla), is a suburb and also the name of the railway station in the Western suburb of Mumbai. [1] Vile Parle has a significantly strong base of Marathi population. It serves as the location of the first Parle factory [2] which ceased operations in the year 2016.
Jogeshwari (Pronunciation: [d͡ʒoɡeːʃʋəɾiː]) is a suburb located in the western part of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is notable for its caves - 'Jogeshwari Caves', particularly one containing a shrine of the Hindu Goddess Jogeshwari, Lord Shiva and the deity Hanuman. One of the oldest and biggest problem
The small southern part of the eastern waterfront of Salsette forms Mumbai Harbour. North of this region lie vast amounts of protected wetlands at Sewree, home to migratory birds. The northern and northwestern part of the island and parts of Mahim River have government-protected marshlands. These swampy regions form massive, dense mangrove forests.
Mulund is quite diversified in terms of culture. The western part has a large Gujarati population, particularly from station side till Panch rasta and the Jain community near the Jain temple in Sarvodaya Nagar. Whilst the Eastern part is dominated by Marathi speaking population, it also has pockets of Gujarati, Sindhi, and Tamil speaking ...
Kandivali railway station is a busy station on the Western Line of the Mumbai suburban railway. Poisar Bus Depot, one of the oldest BEST bus depot is located on S.V. Road in the western part of the neighbourhood. Road connectivity is provided by means of Western urban road on the east, S.V. Road and Link Road on the west.
The Western Coastal Plains is a stretch of coastal land lying between the western edge of the Deccan plateau and the Arabian Sea in the west. [1] [2] The plains stretch from the Rann of Kutch region to Kaniyakumari at the southern tip of the Indian peninsula. The average width of the plains vary between 50–100 km (31–62 mi).
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [20]