Worli
Sign in to savealt=|thumb|200x200px|Bandra-Worli Sea Link, with Worli skyline Worli (ISO: Varaḷī, [ʋəɾ(ə)ɭiː]) is a locality in central Mumbai, in Maharashtra, India. It is one of the four peninsulas of Mumbai, with the others being Colaba, Bandra, and Malabar Hill. The sea connects it with Vandre via the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Historic spellings include Warli, Worlee, Varli, and Varel. Originally, Worli was a separate island—one of the Seven Islands of Bombay—which were ceded by the Portuguese to England in 1661; it was linked up with the other islands in the 19th century.
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Vinony's link graph records 355 inbound references to Worli, and connects out to Bandra–Worli Sea Link, Thane and Kandivali.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Islands of India, Neighbourhoods in Mumbai and Populated places in India.
Vinony links it to 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Worli
- Settlement.other_name
- Varaḷī
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Neighbourhood
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mumbai and Bandra-Worli Sea Link.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Worli skyline as seen over the Bandra Worli Sea Link
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mumbai
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maharashtra
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mumbai City
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Mumbai
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Corporation
- Settlement.governing_body
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
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- Metric
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Mumbai
- Image
- Worli skyline from Bandra.jpg
- Dialing code
- 022
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- Commons category
- Worli
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Geography and location
- History
- Notable landmarks
- Bandra-Worli Sea Link
- [[Worli Fort]]
- Transportation
- Roadways
- Railways
- Metro
- Bus
- Education and institutions
- Politics
- Notable peoples
- See also
- References
alt=|thumb|200x200px|Bandra-Worli Sea Link, with Worli skyline Worli (ISO: Varaḷī, [ʋəɾ(ə)ɭiː]) is a locality in central Mumbai, in Maharashtra, India. It is one of the four peninsulas of Mumbai, with the others being Colaba, Bandra, and Malabar Hill. The sea connects it with Vandre via the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Historic spellings include Warli, Worlee, Varli, and Varel. Originally, Worli was a separate island—one of the Seven Islands of Bombay—which were ceded by the Portuguese to England in 1661; it was linked up with the other islands in the 19th century.
In the 1990s, a group of terrorists attacked a building in Worli as well as major buildings in the city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Worli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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