Mumbai, Maharashtra, India


๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mumbai is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities in India. Mumbai is home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Elephanta Caves, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, and the city's distinctive ensemble of Victorian and Art Deco buildings.

The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were originally home to communities of Marathi language speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as the capital.

Mumbai is the financial, commercial, and the entertainment capital of India. It is also one of the world's top ten centres of commerce in terms of global financial flow, generating 6.16% of India's GDP, and accounting for 25% of industrial output, 70% of maritime trade in India (Mumbai Port Trust and JNPT), and 70% of capital transactions to India's economy. Mumbai has the eighth-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world, and Mumbai's billionaires had the highest average wealth of any city in the world. The city houses important financial institutions and the corporate headquarters of numerous Indian companies and multinational corporations. It is also home to some of India's premier scientific and nuclear institutes. The city is also home to Bollywood and Marathi cinema industries. Mumbai's business opportunities attract migrants from all over India.

Mumbai serves as an economic hub of India, contributing 10% of factory employment, 25% of industrial output, 33% of income tax collections, 60% of customs duty collections, 20% of central excise tax collections, 40% of India's foreign trade and โ‚น40 billion (US$560ย million) in corporate taxes. Cheif drivers are finance, IT, export, services and out-sourcing. Many of India's numerous conglomerates (including Larsen & Toubro, State Bank of India (SBI), Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Tata Group, Godrej and Reliance), and five of the Fortune Global 500 companies are based in Mumbai. This is facilitated by the presence of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), and financial sector regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

The local economy of Mumbai includes textile mills and the seaport, finance, engineering, diamond-polishing, gems & jewellery, leather processing,,healthcare and information technology, IT and ITES, textiles, and entertainment. Nariman Point and Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) are Mumbai's major financial centres. Despite competition from Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune, Mumbai has carved a niche for itself in the information technology industry. The Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) and the International Infotech Park (Navi Mumbai) offer excellent facilities to IT companies.

State and central government employees make up a large percentage of the city's workforce. Mumbai also has a large unskilled and semi-skilled self-employed population, who primarily earn their livelihood as hawkers, taxi drivers, mechanics and other such blue collar professions. The port and shipping industry is well established, with Mumbai Port being one of the oldest and most significant ports in India. Dharavi, in central Mumbai, has an increasingly large recycling industry, processing recyclable waste from other parts of the city; the district has an estimated 15,000 single-room factories.

Mumbai has been ranked sixth among top ten global cities on the billionaire count with 28 and 46,000 millionaires, with total wealth of around $960ย billion. It is the richest Indian city and 12th richest city in the world. and seventh in the list of "Top Ten Cities for Billionaires" by Forbes magazine, and first in terms of those billionaires' average wealth. Mumbai is the third most expensive office market in the world, and was ranked among the fastest cities in the country for business startup in 2009.

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 - The Gateway of India
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Mumbai is rated Alpha by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Alpha level cities are linked to major economic states and regions and into the world economy.

Mumbai is the #48 city in the world according to the Global Power City Index (GPCI) which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to their magnetism, or their comprehensive power to attract people, capital, and enterprises from around the world. It does so through measuring six key functions: Economy, Research and Development, Cultural Interaction, Liveability, Environment, and Accessibility.

Mumbai is the #54 city in the world according to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) which evaluates and ranks the competitiveness of the major financial centres of the world according to a wide range of criteria โ€“ Human Capital, Business, Finance, Infrastructure and Reputation.

Mumbai is rated C+ by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. C+ cities are strong international gateway cities. Mumbai was ranked #100 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Mumbai has a population of over 3,085,411 people. Mumbai also forms the centre of the wider Mumbai metropolitan area which has a population of over 20,411,000 people. Mumbai is ranked #16 for startups with a score of 19.414.

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Mumbai is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Film see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Mumbai has links with:

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Busan, South Korea ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Changning, China ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช Dubai, UAE ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Galaศ›i, Romania ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Honolulu, USA ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท ฤฐzmir, Turkey ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Kaohsiung, Taiwan ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Los Angeles, USA ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ลŒsaka, Japan ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Qingpu District, China ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Saint Petersburg, Russia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Shanghai, China ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Stuttgart, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Yokohama, Japan
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  • Basil Spence |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Architect Basil Spence is associated with Mumbai.

  • William Emerson |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect William Emerson is associated with Mumbai. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1873.

  • Claude Batley |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Architect Claude Batley is associated with Mumbai. He was the author of The Design Development of Indian Architecture (1934).

  • John Macvicar Anderson |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Architect John Macvicar Anderson is associated with Mumbai. He was Honorary Architect to the Royal Scottish Hospital and the Royal Caledonium Asylum.

  • James Glen Sivewright Gibson |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Architect James Glen Sivewright Gibson is associated with Mumbai. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1902.

  • Frederick St. Clair Farran |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Civil Engineer/Architect Frederick St. Clair Farran is associated with Mumbai. he was elected an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (AMICE).

  • Thomas Roger Smith |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Thomas Roger Smith is associated with Mumbai. He was President of the Architectural Association in 1860-61 and 1863-64.ย 

  • Richard Norman Shaw |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Architect Richard Norman Shaw is associated with Mumbai. He was elected a member of the Art Workers Guild in 1897.

Antipodal to Mumbai is: -107.114,-19.075

Locations Near: Mumbai 72.8856,19.0748

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Dharavi 72.855,19.045 d: 4.6  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Thane 72.967,19.183 d: 14.8  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Borivali 72.86,19.23 d: 17.5  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Borivali West 72.841,19.232 d: 18.1  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Navi Mumbai 73.066,19.057 d: 19  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Panvel 73.1,18.983 d: 24.7  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Naigaon 72.846,19.352 d: 31  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Bhiwandi 73.063,19.297 d: 31  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Dombivali 73.13,19.24 d: 31.6  

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Kalyan 73.13,19.24 d: 31.6  

Antipodal to: Mumbai -107.114,-19.075

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Piura -80.633,-5.2 d: 16757.1  

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Chiclayo -79.844,-6.764 d: 16765.2  

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Trujillo -79.034,-8.103 d: 16750.7  

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Chimbote -78.583,-9.067 d: 16748.9  

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Callao -77.15,-12.067 d: 16717.3  

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Ancรณn -77.15,-11.733 d: 16706  

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช San Isidro -77.033,-12.083 d: 16705.7  

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Lima -77.033,-12.05 d: 16704.6  

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Villa El Salvador -77,-12.05 d: 16701.2  

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Cajamarca -78.517,-7.157 d: 16654.1  

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