SYdney and MumbaI

Sydney Mumbai

Sydney Mumbai Population: 4,667,283 inhabitants Population: 19,100,000 inhabitants Founded in: February 7th, 1788 Founded in: 250 b.C Country: Australia Country: Índia Continent: Oceania Continent: Asia Area : 12,365 km2 Area : 437,71 km2

Sydney Mumbai The main religions are: The main religions are: Christians – 61% Hindus - 68% Muslims – 4,7% Islamic - 17% Buddhist – 4,1% Christians - 4% Hindus -2,6% Buddhists – 4% St. Mary's Cathedral Siddhivinayak Temple

Language and currency Sydney Mumbai Most of the locals are native English speakers; The official currency is the Australian dollar. The most spoken language in the streets of the city is a colloquial variant of Hindi called Bambaiya; The official currency is the Indian rupia.

Literacy and life expectancy Enviad Literacy and life expectancy Sydney Mumbai The rate of literacy is about 99%; The life`s expectancy is about 82 years old. Sydney is one of the cites where people are happier and enjoy living. The rate of literacy is about 86% (the highest of the country); The life`s expectancy is about 68 years old. Because of pollution Mumbai doesn`t have a very good standard of life.

Environment Sydney is a very clean city where there are street trash. It has lot of green spaces. It does’t have much pollution, because there is a very good public transport network, avoiding the use of personal car. The environment in Mumbai is very polluted. The air quallity is very bad in result of the open sewers, trash of all kinds and a great automobile traffic.

Sport Just like great part of the country, the most important sport in Mumbai is cricket Brabourne, one of the oldest stadium of Índia The most popular sport of Sydney is rugby. State of the Origin

Touristic points of Mumbai Gate of Índia Sanjay Gandhi National Park Elephanta Island Haji Ali Dargah Siddhivinayak Temple Chowpatty Beach

Touristic points of Sydney Sydney Opera House Harbour Bridge Queen Victoria Building St Mary’s Cathedral Darling Harbour Sea Life Sydney Aquarium

History Mumbai was founded in 250 b.C, and it is a very old city. Its origin was the junction of 7 islands. It was governed by successive Indian empires, and its population was mainly fishermen before the English arrival there. Sydney “was found” in 1770 by capitan John Cook. It started to be a penal colony for the British condemns. It’s Australia’s oldest city and it has one of the world’s best port. In 1890 it had 220.000 habitants and today it has about 4 million.

Curiosities Sydney is the financial and comercial centre of Australia. It is one of the main touristic cities of the world since 2000. Last year it recieved more than 2.8 million tourists. It is a very safe city with a very low criminality rate. In the Summer of 2000 the city was the headquarter of the Olympic Games. Mumbai is the biggest city of India and the one who most contributes to the wealth of the country. On the other hand half of the population lives in shanty town. It has one of the world’s most important harbours and includes 70% of the country’s sea commercial activity. That’s where the famous TV and cinema studios are - Bollywood Mumbai is known as the India’s Gate.

Work done by: -Nuno Miguel, 6º F, number 19