Dharavi

Dharavi is a residential area in , Maharashtra, India. It has often been considered one of the world's largest slums. Dharavi has an area of just over 2.39 square kilometres and a population of about 1,000,000.
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  • Type: Locality with 700,000 residents
  • Description: large slum and administrative ward in Mumbai
  • Also known as: “Bombay Dharavi”, “Daravi”, “Darravy”, “Dhārāvi”, and “Dorrovy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and Mahim Fort.

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, also known as Mumbai Airport, is the main airport of , , . It is one of India's busiest airports and one of the main international gateways to the country.

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The is a fort in in , state, . Strategically located on the , the fort overlooks to the south, to the north, and Mahim to the east.

Railway station
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also known as Vandre Terminus is a railway terminus in , from where trains bound for northern India and are scheduled regularly.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mumbai and South Central.

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, formerly known as Bombay, is the largest city in and the capital of the state . A cosmopolitan metropolis, was built on seven islands on the coastline which over time were joined to form the island city of Bombay.

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Mumbai consists of Kalbadevi, Pydhonie, Cumbala Hill, Mahalaxmi, Tardeo, Byculla, Worli and Prabhadevi neighbourhoods of . It started its modern history as a sort of backyard to .

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The of consists of Bandra, Khar, Santacruz, Juhu, Vile Parle, Andheri and Jogeshwari, which are some of the oldest suburbs of the city.

Dharavi

Latitude
19.0456° or 19° 2′ 44″ north
Longitude
72.8568° or 72° 51′ 24″ east
Population
700,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7JFJ2VW4+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 280668341
Geo­Names ID
1272866
Wiki­data ID
Q649632
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Satellite Map

Discover Dharavi from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Dharavi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دهارافي”
  • Chinese: “达拉维”
  • Czech: “Dháráví”
  • Danish: “Dharavi”
  • Dutch: “dharavi”
  • Dutch: “Dharavi”
  • Finnish: “Dharavi”
  • French: “Dharavi”
  • German: “Dharavi”
  • Greek: “Νταράβι”
  • Greek: “Παραγκούπολη Νταράβι”
  • Hindi: “धारावी”
  • Igbo: “Dharavi”
  • Indonesian: “Dharavi”
  • Italian: “Dharavi”
  • Japanese: “ダラヴィ”
  • Japanese: “ダラビ”
  • Kashmiri: “دھراوی”
  • Korean: “다라비”
  • Macedonian: “Дарави”
  • Malay: “Dharavi”
  • Malayalam: “ധാരാവി”
  • Marathi: “धारावी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dharavi”
  • Norwegian: “Dharavi”
  • Persian: “داراوی”
  • Polish: “Dharavi”
  • Portuguese: “Dharavi”
  • Russian: “Дхарави”
  • Spanish: “Dharavi”
  • Swedish: “Dharavi”
  • Tamil: “தாராவி”
  • Thai: “ธาราวี”
  • Turkish: “Dharavi”
  • Ukrainian: “Дхараві”
  • Urdu: “دھراوی”

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