Ahmedabad where Air India plane crashed is key city in Gujarat state, west India
Ahmedabad, where an Air India plane has crashed, is the largest city in the western Indian state of Gujarat which has a population of about 7.4 million.
A website operated by the Indian government and others describes the city as "the home of a booming textile industry."
It says that the city is witnessing a major construction boom and population increase, and it is a rising center of education, information technology and scientific industries.
UNESCO designated the Historic City of Ahmedabad as a World Heritage site in 2017.
A high-speed railway line is being built connecting the city with Mumbai, India's largest commercial city, 500 kilometers away. Japan's Shinkansen bullet train technology is being utilized for the railway route.
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