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Rajkot

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Rajkot is the fourth-largest city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara, at the center of the Saurashtra region. A historically important princely state capital where Mahatma Gandhi spent part of his childhood, Rajkot has become a major hub for small-scale engineering, automobile parts and jewelry manufacturing, ranking among India's larger metropolitan economies.

Facts
Population
2,000,000 1
Area (sq km)
170 1
Founding Year
1612 1
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
134 1
Source gives 134.42 m; rounded to the nearest whole metre to fit the Int column.
Latitude
22.3 degrees north 1
Longitude
70.7833 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Rajkot (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, Population (Indian lakh notation)
    20,00,000
  • Infobox, Population as of
    2021
  • Infobox, Area total km2
    170
  • Infobox, Founded (start date and age template)
    {{start date and age|1612}}
  • Infobox, Elevation m
    134.42
  • Infobox, coordinates
    {{coord|22.3000|70.7833|region:IN-GJ|display=inline,title}}
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