Mumbai City

Mumbai (India) is one of India's leading commercial port city with diverse faces.

Date of alliance: June 26, 1965
Language: Maratty,
Hindi, English, etc.
Currency: Indolupy

Tourist attractions: Gate of India/Elephanta Island

Area: 437.71 square kilometers (approximately the same as Yokohama)
Population: Approximately 21 million people (2011)
Climate: A typical tropical monsoon climate. It can be divided into rainy season (mid-June to late September) and dry season (early October to early June).
Geography: The west coast of India overlooking the Arabian Sea.
The gateway to West India, which was formed by U.K. by 1862, around the seven islands of COLABA, SMALL COLABA, WORLI, MAHIM, MAZAGON, PAREL, and MUMBADEVI by 1862.
It has been developed as a port and commercial city, and the city has many buildings from the British era and high-rise apartments. It is also famous for movie production, and is also called Bollywood (Bombay's Hollywood) movie.

Time difference with Japan: －3 hours and 30 minutes.
Municipal administration: The capital of Maharashtra State.
Mayor: Kishori Kishor Pednekar (Kishori Kishor Pednekar
The city council consists of 221 city council members (212 members) selected by citizens from the 221 constituencies.

The mayor is chosen by the election of the city council.

Sightseeing: India Gate, Elephanta Island

It is a name that has been used since ancient times.
In Malati, it is said to be derived from the Mumbar (MUMBA), where the local native Kori (KOLI) worships as a guardian deity.

He was under the control of the Portuguese in 1534.
In 1661, Portuguese princess married Charles II of England, donated to U.K. It will be called "Bombay" (good cove)
In 1668, King of England delegated governance to the East India Company. The governance of the East India Company continued for two centuries.
In the wake of Sepoi's rebellion in 1857, U.K. will take up control of East India.
Independence from British territory in 1947
In 1995, the name was changed to Mumbai.

Sister city partnership date: June 26, 1965 (Showa 40)
Yokohama has many Indian trading companies before the war, and many people are from India, so there was a request for a sister city partnership.
In addition, the two cities formed a sister city tie-up because they received a letter from the mayor of Mumbai (then Bombay) to request a partnership.

＊Yokohama Mumbai Friendship Committee
In order to deepen exchanges with the sister city of Mumbai, the Friendship Committee of Citizens is engaged in various activities.

There is an Indian Water Tower in Yamashita Park, located in Naka Ward, Yokohama. This is an Indian drinking fountain completed in December 1939, and was donated to Yokohama by the Yokohama Indian Commerce Association to thank the citizens of Yokohama for their assistance to Indians residing in the area affected by the Great Kanto Earthquake.
※Currently, it is under renovation work due to aging.

• 55th anniversary of sister city partnership
• 50th anniversary of sister city partnership
• Information on Friendship Committee for Sister Cities
• Outline of India (Ministry of Foreign Affairs website) (outside site)