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Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY), 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]
The region has an area of 6,328 square kilometres (2,443 sq mi) [8] and with a population of over 26 million it is among the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. [ 9 ] Developing over a period of about 20 years, it consists of nine municipal corporations and eight smaller municipal councils.
Region Billionaires 1 London United Kingdom: Europe: 143 2 New York City United States: North America: 119 3 Mumbai India: Asia: 92 4 Beijing China: Asia: 91 5 Shanghai China: Asia: 87 6 Shenzhen China: Asia: 84 7 Hong Kong Hong Kong: Asia: 65 8 Moscow Russia: Europe: 59 9 New Delhi India: Asia: 57 10 San Francisco United States: North America: 52
The islands of Mumbai in an 1893 map, before Salsette, Trombay, and Dharavi were merged with Mumbai Island to form Greater Mumbai Mumbai skyline as seen from Marine Drive. Mumbai (Bombay) is India's most populous city with a population of 20 Million.
New York State Route 95 is a north/south route, linking New York State Route 37 in the north at Bradley's Corners with the town of Moira in the south, where Route 95 ends at U.S. Route 11. New York State Route 37 is an east/west state highway through Bombay and the Mohawk Reservation, leading west to Massena and east to Fort Covington.
Maharashtra and particularly Mumbai is a prominent location for the Indian entertainment industry, with many films, television series, books, and other media being set there. [212] Mumbai is the largest centre for film and television production and a third of all Indian films are produced in the state.
Mumbai City district is a district of Maharashtra in Konkan Division, India. As a city district, it has no headquarters or subdivisions. As a city district, it has no headquarters or subdivisions. It, along with the Mumbai Suburban District , makes up the metropolis of Mumbai .
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.