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Ratnagiri

Ratnagiri (pop. 70,335) is a town on the western coast of India, facing the Arabian Sea. It lies in southwestern Maharashtra, nearly 140 miles (219 kilometers) south of Mumbai. The town is the administrative headquarters of the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. It is one of the ports of the Konkan, the coastal plain of Maharashtra that lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats. A marine biology research station is in the town. Coastal steamers continue to frequent Ratnagiri, but its importance as a trading center has diminished.

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