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Gandhinagar

Southern Asia

Gandhinagar is the capital of the Indian state of Gujarat and of Gandhinagar district, located approximately 23 kilometers north of Ahmedabad on the west central point of the industrial corridor between the megacities of Delhi and Mumbai.

Facts
Population
292,167 1
Area (sq km)
177 2
Founding Year
1960 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 2
Elevation (m)
81 2
Latitude
23.223 degrees north 2
Longitude
72.65 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+05:30 3
Connections

Capital Of

Source GeoNames: Gandhinagar - GeoNames
Sources
1. Gandhinagar (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia infobox 'Established' = '16th March, 1960' on 'Gandhinagar'
  • Infobox: population_total
    292167
  • On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
    Gandhinagar (Gujarati: gāndhīnagara, pronounced [ˈɡɑːndʱinəɡəɾ(ə)] ) in India
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2. Gandhinagar (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 23.223, longitude 72.65
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 81 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 177.0 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population (2020)
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Gandhinagar - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1271715
    23.21667 72.68333 P PPLA IN 09 473 3775 292797 54 Asia/Kolkata
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 54 m
  • Capital Of: Gujarat, cities500 record 1271715, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 09)
    23.21667 72.68333 P PPLA IN 09 473 3775 292797 54 Asia/Kolkata
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4. 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 23.25, 72.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 23.25, 72.75
23.25 72.75 BSh
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Wikidata: Gandhinagar
Wikidata Q11910, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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