 The Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation was created on 28 February 1998 by the merger of the previously separate municipal councils of Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad.Sangli had been the district administrative centre and Miraj and Kupwad were small towns located within 10-km distance from Sangli.India census, Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad had a population of over a half million as per 2011 census.