I've been thinking that I don't really know too much about the city in which we are living...and that's a bit embarrassing. So, I did a little research, and this is what I found:
- Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1996.
- The total area of the city is 440 sq. km or 170 sq. miles.
- The population is 18 million, projected to reach 28.5 million by 2020.
- Mumbai is the capital of the state of Maharashtra.
- Marathi, Hindi and English are the main languages.
- Climate - Summer 200 C - 390 C, Winter 120 C - 340 C. Mumbai has a truly tropical climate and temperatures remain fairly uniform throughout the year. You never need to pack woolens for Mumbai, not even in December. Mumbai is drowned every year under torrential Indian Ocean monsoon rains between June and September, usually beginning by 7th June every year.
For more (actually very interesting) information, go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai
It's not a bad thing to expand our minds every once in a while! :)
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