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Jammu

Southern Asia

Jammu is a city in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, on the banks of the river Tawi, and serves as the territory's winter capital. Its population was about 502,000 at the 2011 census, with about 657,000 in the metropolitan area. Known as the "City of Temples," Jammu is a major staging point for pilgrims traveling to the Vaishno Devi shrine and into the Kashmir Valley, and its population is predominantly Hindu.

Facts
Population
502,197 1
Area (sq km)
240 1
Founding Year
2900 BCE 1
Population Estimate Year
2011 1
Elevation (m)
327 2
Latitude
32.73 degrees north 1
Longitude
74.87 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+05:30 3
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High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh (source article)Seat and benches
Quote, Seat and benches
The seat of the court shifts between the summer capital Srinagar and winter capital Jammu.
Sources
1. Jammu (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, Population
    502,197 (2011 census)
  • Infobox, Area
    240 km2 (93 sq mi)
  • Infobox, Coordinates (latitude)
    32.73 degrees N, 74.87 degrees E
  • Infobox, Coordinates (longitude)
    32.73 degrees N, 74.87 degrees E
  • Wikipedia infobox field 'Settled' = '2900 BC' on the 'Jammu' article, read and judged (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)
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2. Jammu (Wikidata)
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 327 m
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Jammu - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1269321
    32.73528 74.86167 P PPLA IN 12 021 79 576198 357 Asia/Kolkata
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 357 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 32.75, 74.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, 74.75
32.75 74.75 Cwa
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Wikidata: Jammu
Wikidata Q255455, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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