Sion (Portuguese old name Sião) is a suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 of Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

. The Marathi name for Sion is शीव (sheev), which means boundary or limit. In the 17th century the village formed the boundary between Mumbai and Salsette Island

Salsette Island

Salsette Island is an island in Maharashtra state on India's west coast. The metropolis of Mumbai and the city of Thane lie on this island, making it the 14th most populous island and the fourth most densely populated island in the world, after Migingo Island in Kenya, Ap Lei Chau in Hong Kong,...

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History

In 1543, the Portuguese took possession of the islands of Bombay by force. The Portuguese gave the Jesuit priests the sole ownership of some of these islands. The Jesuits built a chapel on the hill (near the present-day railway station) and named it after Mount Zion (Sion) in Jerusalem.

Current status

Sion shares its name with a railway station

Sion Railway Station

Sion is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network....

 on the Mumbai suburban railway

Mumbai Suburban Railway

The Mumbai Suburban Railway system, part of the public transport system of Mumbai, is provided for by the state-run Indian Railways' two zonal Western Railways and Central Railways. The system carries more than 6.99 million commuters on a daily basis. It has the highest passenger densities of any...

 on the Central Railway line. Sion is also a home to many educational institutes, namely K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering & Information Technology

K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering & Information Technology

The K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering & Information Technology , was established by the Somaiya Trust in the 2001, at Ayurvihar campus, Sion , Mumbai. The institute was set up primarily in response to the need for imparting quality education in the field of Information Technology and allied...

 and S.I.E.S. College of Arts, Science and Commerce.

See also

• K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering & Information Technology
  K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering & Information Technology
  The K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering & Information Technology , was established by the Somaiya Trust in the 2001, at Ayurvihar campus, Sion , Mumbai. The institute was set up primarily in response to the need for imparting quality education in the field of Information Technology and allied...
  
  
• Sion Fort
• Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Mumbai