Dehradun, also known as Dehra Doon, is the capital and most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, serving as the administrative headquarters of Dehradun district and the Garhwal division. It has functioned as the state's interim capital since Uttarakhand's formation in 2000, with the town of Gairsain designated the summer capital in 2020. The city lies in the Doon Valley in the foothills of the Himalayas, between the Shivalik Range to the south and the outer Himalayan ranges to the north, and has a generally temperate climate with hot summers, cool winters and substantial monsoon rainfall.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Dehradun (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1676-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 578,420
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 30.318, longitude 78.029
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 435 m
P2046 (area)
area 300.0 sq km
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Dehradun coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevationQuote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 646.0 ]
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 30.25, 78.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.25, 78.25
30.25 78.25 Cwa
4. GeoNames: Dehradun - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1273313Quote, cities500 record 1273313
30.32443 78.03392 P PPLA IN 39 060 304 522081 664 Asia/Kolkata
Wikidata: Dehradun
Wikidata Q199528, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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