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Vikhroli

Southern Asia

Vikhroli is a suburb on the northeastern side of Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, served by its own station on the Central Railway line. It is the site of manufacturing plants belonging to the Godrej industrial group and contains one of the largest mangrove forests in Maharashtra. The name Vikharvali appears in the fifteenth to seventeenth century Marathi-language chronicle Mahikavatichi Bakhar, and is thought to derive from the word vikhar, meaning poison. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Latitude
19.11 degrees north 1
Longitude
72.94 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Vikhroli (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 19.11, longitude 72.94
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Vikhroli (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Vikhroli (Marathi pronunciation: [ʋikʰɾoɭiː]) is a suburb of Mumbai located on the northeastern side of this Indian city.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
  • On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
    It is also home to one of the largest mangrove forests in Maharashtra, India
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