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Mumbai Metropolitan Region (ISO: Muṁbaī Mahānagara Pradēśa; abbreviated to MMR and previously also known as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area), [6] [7] is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra in western India.
484.61 km 2: Pune Municipal Corporation [7] 9 Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh: 463 km 2: Bhopal Municipal Corporation [8] 10 Surat: Gujarat: 461.60 km 2: Surat Municipal Corporation [9] 11 Meerut: Uttar Pradesh: 450 km 2: Meerut Municipal Corporation: 12 Mumbai: Maharashtra: 437.71 km 2 [10] Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation [11] 13 Chennai: Tamil Nadu ...
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The total area of Mumbai is 603.4 km 2 (233 sq mi). [3] Of this, the island city spans 67.79 km 2 (26 sq mi), while the suburban district spans 370 km 2 (143 sq mi), together accounting for 437.71 km 2 (169 sq mi) under the administration of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Greater Mumbai (or Brihanmumbai), an area of 603 km 2 (233 sq mi), [226] consisting of the Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban districts, extends from Colaba in the south, to Mulund and Dahisar in the north, and Mankhurd in the east. Its population as per the 2011 census was 12,442,373. [227]
This is the area used by thousands of flamingos for resting during high tide. The Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra, declared an area of 1,691 hectares (16.91 km 2) as Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary on August 6, 2015. The sanctuary is declared especially to protect the habitat of flamingos visiting the creek in thousands.
Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It has often been considered to be one of the world's largest slums . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Dharavi has an area of just over 2.39 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi; 590 acres) [ 3 ] and a population of about 1,000,000. [ 4 ]
As a city district, it has no headquarters or subdivisions. It, along with the Mumbai Suburban District, makes up the metropolis of Mumbai. This area is called the "Island City" or South Mumbai or Old Mumbai. It extends from Colaba in the south to Mahim and Sion in the north. The city has an area of 157 km 2 (61 sq mi) and a population of ...