Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1996.
-- The total area of the city is
440 square metres sq km or 170 miles.
-- The population is 18 million,and
is expected to reach 28.5 million
in 2020.
-- Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra
state.
-- Marathi, hindi and English are
the main languages.
-- Telephone is the code 022
-- Time zone - GMT / UTC + 5.5
hours
-- Climate - Summer C 200 - 390
C, 120 C winter - 340 C. Mumbai
has a really a tropical climate
and temperatures are relatively
uniform throughout the year. You
never need to pack woolens for Mumbai,
not even in December. Mumbai is
flooded each year under the Indian
Ocean torrential monsoon rains between
June and September, mostly by 7th
of June each year.
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