Munger is a twin city, comprising Munger and Jamalpur on the southern bank of the Ganges, and a Municipal Corporation in the Indian state of Bihar, headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division, about 180 kilometers east of Patna. Founded by Chandragupta II in the fourth century CE, it became a major city of eastern India and undivided Bengal under the Mughals and the British Raj, and in 1763 the Nawab of Bengal, Mir Qasim, made it his capital and built an arsenal and several palaces there; it became a municipality in 1864. The 2011 census recorded a total population of 213,101, and the city is known today as Yoga Nagri, or Yoga City.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Munger (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia infobox 'Established' = '1834' on 'Munger'
Infobox: population_total
213,101
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
district and Munger Division. Munger was one of the major cities in Eastern India
View the Source 2. Munger (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 25.381, longitude 86.465
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 43 m
P2046 (area)
area 68.0 sq km
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Munger - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1262482
25.37459 86.47455 P PPL IN 34 226 1356 213303 49 Asia/Kolkata
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 49 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 25.25, 86.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 25.25, 86.25
25.25 86.25 Cwa
Wikidata: Munger
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