Mumbai as a Location
Fourteen million people live in the city of Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. If the wider metropolitan area is included, the figure is close on 18 million. Mumbai is the financial and economic centre of India and home of the indian textile industry. It is the capital of the State of Maharashtra and also the subcontinent's most important port. Ten percent of India's industrial workers are to be found in the city, and forty percent of India's foreign trade is handled here. Mumbai is a transport hub and a city of culture, boasting universities, museums, theatre and galleries. Two of the city's monuments  - the Chhatraphathi Shivaji Terminus and the Elephants Caves - are on the UNESCO list of world heritage sites.