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Bhopal

Southern Asia

Bhopal is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and division, known as the City of Lakes for the numerous natural and artificial lakes within and around it. The city is internationally remembered for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster, one of the world's worst industrial accidents, and today serves as a major administrative, educational and commercial center for central India.

Facts
Population
1,798,218 1
Area (sq km)
463 1
Founding Year
1001 to 1100 1
Population Estimate Year
2011 1
Elevation (m)
519 1
Raw elevation_m field is 518.73; rounded to the nearest metre for this Int property, same convention the predecessor lane applied to Varanasi (80.71 rounded to 81).
Latitude
23.2589 degrees north 1
The infobox coord template on this article carries no local dms or decimal parameters (verified against the full article wikitext, the only {{coord}} instance on the page); this value is the article coordinate resolved live through the MediaWiki action=query prop=coordinates API against the same page.
Longitude
77.4125 degrees east 1
The infobox coord template on this article carries no local dms or decimal parameters (verified against the full article wikitext, the only {{coord}} instance on the page); this value is the article coordinate resolved live through the MediaWiki action=query prop=coordinates API against the same page.
FAQs

How did Bhopal get its name?

Its name is explained by competing theories tied to King Bhoja or a king called Bhupala.

No single account is settled. Folklore says Bhopal was founded in the 11th century by the Paramara king Bhoja, and one theory holds that it was first called Bhojpal after a dam (pal) built by the king's minister. An alternative theory says the city is named after another king called Bhupala, also given as Bhupal.
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India, Countries
South Asia, Regions
Sources
1. Bhopal (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    463
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    518.73
  • Infobox: population_total
    1798218
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2011
  • Wikipedia article, resolved page coordinate (action=query prop=coordinates); infobox coord template parameters are empty on this article
  • History section
    According to folklore, Bhopal was founded in the 11th century by the Paramara king Bhoja, who ruled from his capital at Dhar.
  • On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
    lakes near the city boundary. It is also one of the greenest cities in India
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Wikidata: Bhopal
  • Wikidata Q80989, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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