Mumbai Bombay | |
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![]() Clockwise frae top: Cuffe Parade skyline, the Gatewey o Indie, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus an the Bandra–Worli Sea Link. | |
Eik-name(s): Ceety o Seiven Islands, Ceety o Dreams,[1] Gatewey tae Indie, Hollywood o Indie | |
Location o Mumbai in Maharashtra, Indie | |
Coordinates: 18°58′30″N 72°49′33″E / 18.97500°N 72.82583°ECoordinates: 18°58′30″N 72°49′33″E / 18.97500°N 72.82583°E | |
Kintra | Indie |
State | Maharashtra |
Destrict | Mumbai Ceety Mumbai Suburban |
First settled | 1507 |
Named for | Mumbadevi |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor–Cooncil |
• Bodi | MCGM |
• Mayor | Vishwanath Mahadeshwar[2][3][4] (Shiv Sena) |
• Municipal commissioner | Ajoy Mehta[5] |
Area | |
• Megacity | 603 km2 (233 sq mi) |
• Metro | 4355 km2 (1681.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
Population (2011)[7] | |
• Megacity | 12,442,373 |
• Rank | 1st |
• Density | 21,000/km2 (53,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 18,414,288 20,748,395 (Extendit UA) |
• Metro Rank | 1st |
Demonym(s) | Mumbaikar |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN code(s) | 400 001 to 400 107 |
Area code(s) | +91-22 |
Vehicle registration | MH-01 (Central), MH-02 (Wast), MH-03 (East), MH-47 (North) |
GDP/PPP | $368 billion (Metro aurie, 2015)[9] |
Offeecial leid | Marathi[10][11] |
Website | www |
Mumbai (kent as Bombay, its umwhile offeecial name till 1995, an aw) is a naitural herbour on the wast coast o Indie, an is the caipital ceety o Maharashtra state. It's Indie's maist muckle ceety, an the 4t maist populous ceety proper in the warld. It's cawed the commercial caipital o Indie. It haes the Bombay Stock Exchynge an aw major financial trokin is duin thare.