Latur, formerly called Ratnapur, is a city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, India, located 43 kilometers from the epicenter of the destructive 1993 earthquake. It functions as a tourist hub featuring historical monuments such as the Kharosa Caves, and its economy, historically centered on agriculture in a drought-prone area, has grown increasingly dependent on education and related sectors.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Latur (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia infobox 'Settled' = 'Possibly 7th century AD' on 'Latur'
Infobox: population_total
266,955
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
Ratnapur) is a city located in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra state of India
View the Source 2. Latur (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 18.4, longitude 76.583333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 515 m
P2046 (area)
area 32.56 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2020)
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Latur - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1265014
18.39721 76.56784 P PPLA3 IN 16 524 4226 382940 638 Asia/Kolkata
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 638 m
View the Source 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 18.25, 76.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 18.25, 76.75
18.25 76.75 Aw
Wikidata: Latur
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