Mumbai Metropolitan Region

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR)
| settlement_type = [[Metropolitan Area]]
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
| seat_type = [[Core city]]
| seat = [[Mumbai]]
| parts_type = [[List of districts of India|Districts]]
| parts = [[Mumbai City district|Mumbai City]]<br />[[Mumbai Suburban district|Mumbai Suburban]]<br />[[Thane district|Thane]] <br />[[Palghar district|Palghar]]<br />[[Raigad district|Raigad]]
| area_metro_km2 = 6,355
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| population_as_of = 2016 Census
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| population = 22,885,000
| population_density_km2 = 4,764
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'''Mumbai Metropolitan Region''' (abbreviated to '''MMR''' and also '''Greater Mumbai Metropolitan Area''') is a [[metropolitan area]] consisting of [[Mumbai]] and its satellite towns in [[Konkan division]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The region has an area of {{convert|6,355|km2}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/metropolitan-region-now-covers-palghar-vasai/articleshow/68088690.cms|title=Metropolitan region now covers Palghar, Vasai | Mumbai News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> and with a population of over 26 million it is among the [[List of metropolitan areas by population|most populous metropolitan areas]] in the world.<ref name=pib-ua2011>{{cite web|title=INDIA STATS: Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2011IS3|work=Press Information Bureau, Mumbai|publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] (NIC)|access-date=7 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630112755/http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2011IS3|archive-date=30 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Developing over a period of about 20 years, it consists of nine municipal corporations and fifteen smaller municipal councils. The entire area is overseen by the [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority]] (MMRDA), a [[Government of Maharashtra|state-owned]] organisation in charge of town planning, development, transportation and housing in the region.

The MMRDA was formed to address the challenges in planning and development of integrated infrastructure for the metropolitan region. The areas outside Brihanmumbai (Greater Mumbai) and [[Navi Mumbai]] have lacked organised development. Navi Mumbai, developed as one of the largest [[planned city|planned cities]] in the world, was promoted by a state government-owned company, [[City and Industrial Development Corporation]] (CIDCO).

The region has had problems related to haphazard and illegal development as a result of rapid urbanisation. Villages along the [[National Highway 3 (India)|NH3]] in [[Bhiwandi]] Taluka are examples of haphazard developments in the MMR, with some of the largest warehousing areas in India. Government agencies such as the [[Urban planner|Town Planner]] and [[District collector|Collector]] of [[Thane]] have had challenges in addressing unorganised development.

== Municipalities ==
# [[Mumbai|Greater Mumbai]] (Brihanmumbai)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in/about-mmr|title=Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority – About MMR|website=mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-21}}</ref>
# [[Ambernath-Badlapur]]
# [[Bhiwandi-Nizampur]]
# [[Kalyan-Dombivli]]
# [[Mira-Bhayandar]]
# [[Navi Mumbai]]
# [[Panvel]]
# [[Thane]]
# [[Ulhasnagar]]
# [[Vasai-Virar]]

== Municipal councils ==
# [[Ambernath]]
# [[Badlapur]]
# [[Uran]] (Navi Mumbai city)
# [[Alibaug]]
# [[Pen, India|Pen]]
# [[Matheran]]
# [[Karjat]]
# [[Khopoli]]
# [[Palghar]]

== Districts ==
#[[Mumbai City district|Mumbai City]] (complete)<ref name="projectsecoa1">{{cite web |url=http://www.projectsecoa.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117&Itemid=73 |title=Mumbai metropolitan area |language=it |publisher=Projectsecoa.eu |access-date=2013-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082759/http://www.projectsecoa.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117&Itemid=73 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
#[[Mumbai Suburban district|Mumbai Suburban]] (complete)
#[[Thane district|Thane]] (partial)
#[[Palghar district|Palghar]] (partial)
#[[Raigad district|Raigad]] (partial)

==See also==
* [[Chennai metropolitan area]]
* [[Kolkata metropolitan area]]
* [[List of metropolitan areas in India]]
* [[National Capital Region (India)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180033/http://www.transformmumbai.com/aboutmmrda.html MMRDA cities table]
*[http://www.mumbai77.com/city/2151/travel/station-names/ Mumbai Railway Station Names]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171020201648/https://mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in/who-we-are Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority - Who We Are]

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[[Category:Geography of Mumbai]]
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