Mazgaon
Mazagaon, also spelled Mazgaon or Mazagon, and historically known as Mazagão during the Portuguese era, is a historic neighbourhood in South Mumbai. It was one of the original Seven Islands of Bombay and is now fully integrated into the Mumbai Metropolitan Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: locality in Mumbai
- Also known as: “Bombay Mazagaon” and “Mazagaon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dockyard Road railway station and Joseph Baptista Gardens.
Dockyard Road railway station
Railway station
Dockyard Road is a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is the stop closest to the Mazagon Dock Limited. This station gives access to Mazagaon area.
Joseph Baptista Gardens
Recreation area
Photo: Pradeep717, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Joseph Baptista Gardens, locally known as the Mazagaon Gardens, is a 1.5-acre park in Mazagaon, South Mumbai, India. It lies atop Bhandarwada hill, behind the Dockyard Road railway station, at an altitude of 32 metres and offers a panoramic view of the Mumbai harbour and the southern business district of the city.
Mazgaon Fort
Ruins
The Mazagaon Fort was a British fort in Mazagaon, Bombay, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, built around 1680. The fort was razed by the Muslim Koli general, Yakut Khan in June 1690.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Byculla and Mandvi.
Mandvi
Neighborhood
Mandvi is an area in South Mumbai near Masjid Bunder. It is located near Pydhone. It has a high Muslim population. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it had a small, but thriving Jewish community.
Kamathipura
Neighborhood
Photo: Hawk4256, Public domain.
Kamathipura is a neighbourhood in Mumbai, India known for prostitution. It was first settled after 1795 with the construction of causeways that connected the erstwhile seven islands of Mumbai.
Mazgaon
- Categories: island, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Mumbai, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
18.96973° or 18° 58′ 11″ northLongitude
72.84062° or 72° 50′ 26″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
7JCJXR9R+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 700774326OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Urdu—“Mazgaon” goes by many names.
- Bashkir: “Мазагаон”
- Chinese: “默泽冈”
- Dutch: “Mazagaon”
- French: “Mazagaon”
- Hindi: “मज़गाँव”
- Hindi: “मझगांव”
- Kashmiri: “مازاگاوں”
- Marathi: “माझगाव”
- Marathi: “माझगांव”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mazagaon”
- Portuguese: “Mazagão (Bombaim)”
- Portuguese: “Mazagão”
- Portuguese: “Mazagaon”
- Portuguese: “Mazagon”
- Portuguese: “Mazgaon”
- Russian: “Мазагаон”
- Spanish: “Mazagaón”
- Tamil: “மசாகன்”
- Urdu: “مازاگاؤں”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dr. Shantilal Oza Hospital and Bhandarwada Hill Reservoir.
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