5 essential facts about Mumbai

Dharavi - Mumbai's Shadow City: an overcrowded part of Mumbai, where as many as 18,000 people live in a single acre. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/dharavi-mumbai-slum/jacobson-text

Shantytown - 1 billion people worldwide live in shantytowns. they are a section of a city or town made up of shantys or crudely built tin-like houses. (dictionary.com)

Facts:

1. Formerly know as Bombay (Mr. Schick)
2. Population  is 18 million http://www.bombay-mumbai-hotels.com/travel-tips/mumbai-facts.html
3. Lies on the west coast of India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai
4. Comercial and entertainment capitol of India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai
5. Generates 5% of India's GDP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai