As mid-day continues with its ‘Know Your Wards’ series, we now focus on the ‘A’ administrative ward, which borders the Arabian Sea, forming a part of Mumbai’s western coastline. 

AHEAD of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, mid-day will bring you a 'Know Your Ward' update with details of Mumbai's 227 electoral wards, across the 24 administra- tive wards. Each instalment will highlight ward-wise charteristic challenges issues that put the spotlight on development priorites, key landmarks, demographic patterns, and the political landscape of the ward . The population density of the area, natural boundaries such as the city coast-line and rivers, or human-made boundaries such as nullahs and railway lines, determine boundaries of these wards. Each of Mumbai's 24 administrative wards is home to a varied number of electoral wards. While some administrative wards, such as L ward in Kurla and the F-North ward in Matunga, comprise as many as 10 electoral wards, South Mumbai's A and B wards have only three and two electoral wards, respectively. The first in the series are 'A ward' comprising wards 225, 226, and 227, and 'Ward B', comprising wards 223, and 224.