The largest port in India

With a population of about 654.38+03 million (2006), Mumbai is the most populous city in India and one of the most populous cities in the world. The population of Mumbai Metropolitan Area (MMR), including its neighboring suburbs, is about 25 million. Mumbai ranks sixth in the world. Due to the average annual population growth rate of 2.2%, it is predicted that Mumbai will become a metropolis by 2065,438+05.

Mumbai is located on Salsater Island on the west coast of Maharashtra, facing the Arabian Sea. The city has a natural deep-water port, which bears more than half of India's passenger traffic and has a considerable cargo throughput.

Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, with important financial institutions, such as Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Mumbai Stock Exchange (BSE), National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and the headquarters of many Indian companies. The city is home to India's Hindi film and television industry (Bollywood). Because of its vast business opportunities and relatively high living standards, Mumbai attracts immigrants from all over India. It makes the city a hodgepodge of various social groups and cultures. Mumbai has many world cultural heritages, such as chhatrapati shivaji Wharf and Elephant Island Grottoes. It is also a very rare city with a national park (Sanjay Gandhi National Park) within the city boundaries.

Mumbai's name comes from the Hindu goddess Mumba (? In the 6th century, the Portuguese arrived in this area, gave this place many names, and finally fixed it as Bombaim, and Portuguese is still widely used today. After the British Empire owned this place in the 6th century, the place name was translated into English, called Mumbai, but in Marathi and Gujarat. ). 1995, the city name was officially changed to? But the old name of Mumbai is still widely used by some residents and famous institutions in the city.

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