Aurangabad, officially renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2023, is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Situated on hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, it is the fifth-most populous urban area in Maharashtra, after Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Nashik, with a population of 1,175,116. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Sources
1. Aurangabad (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 1,371,330
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 19.88, longitude 75.32
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 568 m
P2046 (area)
area 219.0 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1592
View the SourceAurangabad (Wikipedia)
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Aurangabad (), officially renamed as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2023, is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names Maharashtra; continent follows from the atlas record for Maharashtra
as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2023, is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra
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