Cottonopolis was a 19th-century nickname for Manchester, as it was a metropolis and the centre of the cotton industry.

Why is Mumbai called Cottonopolis?

Mumbai is known as the 'Cottonpolis of India' because Mumbai has become the most important centre of cotton textile in the country due to reasons like proximity to raw materials, favourable climatic conditions, good transport and port facilities, enough labour force, adequate capital, power and a huge market for cotton ...

Which city is known as the Cottonopolis of world?

The city of Manchester, England, well known as the world's first industrial city, is known by the name of “Cottonopolis” and in the nineteenth century, it was the home of the cotton industry in Britain. It was also famous as “Cotton City”. The first textile mill was built in Manchester by Richard Arkwright in 1781.