Madhya Pradesh (MP; , Hindi: [ˈmədʱjə pɾəˈdeːʃ] (listen); meaning Central Province) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Gwalior, Rewa, Ujjain innate the additional major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian let pass by area and the fifth largest make a clean breast by population with exceeding 75 million residents. It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the southeast, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west, and Rajasthan to the northwest. Before 2000, when Chhattisgarh was a allowance of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh was the largest make a clean breast in India and the separate from between the two furthest points inside the state, Singoli and Konta, was 1500 km.