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Bikaner

Southern Asia

Bikaner is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, in the Thar Desert about 330 kilometers northwest of Jaipur. It was founded in 1488 by Rao Bika, a Rathore Rajput chief, and takes its name from its founder; Bikaner served as the capital of the former princely Bikaner State and today is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 644,406, making it the fourth largest city in Rajasthan. The Ganga Canal, completed in 1928, and the Indira Gandhi Canal, completed in 1987, both transformed irrigation across the surrounding desert region, and the city is nicknamed the Red City.

Facts
Population
529,007 1
Area (sq km)
155 1
Founding Year
1488 2
Elevation (m)
242 1
Latitude
28.018056 degrees north 1
Longitude
73.316944 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+05:30 3
Sources
1. Bikaner (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 529,007
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 28.018056, longitude 73.316944
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 242 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 155.0 sq km
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2. Bikaner (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Formerly the capital of the princely Bikaner State, the city was founded in 1488 CE by Rao Bika, a Rajput chief of the Rathore dynasty.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
  • On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names Rajasthan; continent follows from the atlas record for Rajasthan
    Bikaner (IPA: [biːkaːneːɾ] ) is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan
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3. GeoNames: Bikaner - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1275665
    28.01762 73.31495 P PPL IN 24 101 473 644406 229 Asia/Kolkata
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 229 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 28.25, 73.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 28.25, 73.25
28.25 73.25 BWh
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