Mumbai
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Summary
Mumbai is a megacity[1]. Mumbai draws 61,322 Wikipedia views per month (megacity category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maharashtra[4], Mumbai City district[5]
- Country: India[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Arabian Sea[7]
- Head of government: Ritu Tawde[8]
- Continent: Asia[9]
- Instance of: provincial capital[10], city[11], locality[12], metropolis[13], business cluster[14], largest city[15]
- Named after: Mumba[16], good[17], bay[18]
- Twinned administrative body: London[19], Los Angeles[20], Saint Petersburg[21], Stuttgart[22], Yokohama[23], Espoo[24], Honolulu County[25], İzmir[26], Berlin[27], Busan[28], Victoria de Durango[29], Jakarta[30], Manila[31], Honolulu[32]
- Postal code: 400001[33]
- Part of: Konkan[34]
- Commons category: Mumbai[35]
- Licence plate code: MH-01[36], MH-02[37], MH-03[38]
- Local dialing code: 0022[39]
- Inception: 1507[40]
- Significant event: 26/11 Mumbai attacks[41]
- Authority: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation[42]
- Official website: https://portal.mcgm.gov.in/[43]
- IPA transcription: ˈmumbəi[44]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mumbai[45]
- Commons gallery: मुंबई[46]
- Population: 12,442,373[47], 15,414,288[48]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Mumbai[49]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Mumbai[50]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[51], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[52], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[53], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[54], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[55], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[56], Meyer’s Universum, Sechster Band[57]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Mumbai include Bollywood[58], a film genre[59]; Bombay[60], a cat breed[61], founded in 1958[62]; Star of Bombay[63], a sapphire[64]; Bombay sandwich[65], a sandwich[66]; and Ichthyophis bombayensis[67], a taxon[68].
Why It Matters
Mumbai has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[69] Mumbai is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]
Entities named for Mumbai include Bollywood[58], a film genre[59]; Bombay[60], a cat breed[61], founded in 1958[62]; Star of Bombay[63], a sapphire[64]; Bombay sandwich[65], a sandwich[66]; and Ichthyophis bombayensis[67], a taxon[68].