Jaipur is the capital and largest city of the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, with a population of about 3.1 million as of 2011, making it the tenth most populous city in India. Known as the Pink City for the terracotta-colored buildings of its historic walled center, founded in the early eighteenth century by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, Jaipur is famous for landmarks such as the Hawa Mahal and Amber Fort and forms part of India's popular Golden Triangle tourist circuit.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
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Capital Of
Source GeoNames: Jaipur - GeoNames
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1. Jaipur (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: area_total_km2
484.64
Infobox: elevation_m
431
Infobox: population_total
3046163
Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, population_as_of field
2011
Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, coordinates field (Coord template), longitude value
75.820
Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, established_date field (start date and age template, year 1727)
1727
Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, coordinates field (Coord template), latitude value
26.915
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
the city is named. It is one of the earliest planned cities of modern India
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Jaipur - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1269515
26.91962 75.78781 P PPLA IN 24 110 546 3046163 435 Asia/Kolkata
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 435 m
Capital Of: Rajasthan, cities500 record 1269515, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 24)
26.91962 75.78781 P PPLA IN 24 110 546 3046163 435 Asia/Kolkata
View the Source 3. 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 26.75, 75.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 26.75, 75.75
26.75 75.75 BSh
Wikidata: Jaipur
- Wikidata Q66485, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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