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Basics Of City

  • International Telephone Code (ISD): +91
  • City Local Telephone Code (STD Code) : 022
  • Mumbai Police Emergency Number is : 100 and Fire Brigade is 101
  • For Road distance from Mumbai to Major Cities, See Road Distance.
  • Major Languages spoken : Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati, English.
  • Money,Currency used here is Indian Rupees (INR) where 1 rupee = 100 paise, See Currency In Mumbai.
  • Local Language used (Mumbai Lingo) is called Mumbaiya (Bambaiya) Language, See Mumbai Slangs.
  • Daily Newspapers are available in Hindi, Marathi, English  and other Major Regional Languages, See Newspapers in Mumbai.
  • See list of Specialty of Mumbai, A special article for tourist and Things to Do.
  • See Also : Mumbai A to Z.

How to Reach Mumbai

Geographical Details

  • Area-Location : 18.9750°N, 72.8258°E with 603 Square Km, Basically an Island City surrounded by Arabian sea from 3 sides (East, West and South). Mumbai is located in state of Maharashtra.

Mumbai’s Economy

  • City is financial capital of India with major National and International commercial hubs and head offices in Locations Like Nariman Point, Bandra Kurla Complex, Malad Link Road, Andheri Seepz and MIDC, Navi Mumbai. All major financial institutes, banks and commercials can be found here.

History

  • Mumbai was formerly known as ‘Bombay’ an old island city explored by Portuguese and buddhist which then ruled by British in India. It was basically formed via its 7 old islands now connected to each other and was a business hub of parsi community people. More on History of Mumbai.

Pictures

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Facts About Mumbai

  • Mumbai is one of the largest local train network around the world. About 183 local trains takes 2624 trips per day with 6.5 million commuters traveling every day.
  • Mumbai’s Industrialist Jamshetji Tata was the first Indian to own a car.
  • City is the Commercial Capital of India.
  • Old Name of Mumbai was ‘Bombay’, A City surrounded by BAY.
  • Its a capital of Maharashtra State.
  • Mumbai was actually a island of 7 different lands which was connected for growth.
  • Major travel options are Local Trains, Bus, Auto and Taxi.

Travel Related

City has lots of Tourist attractions and Places to see. Below are the details related to travel. As of 2010 there are approximately 100000 Autos, 63000 taxis, above 5 lakhs private vehicles, 9 lakhs motor cycles, 4000 public buses running.

Current Climate, Temperature and Forecast (Courtesy BBC)


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