A city in the Indian state of West Bengal on the western bank of the Hooghly River, directly across from its twin city of Kolkata. It functions as a major industrial and transportation hub and is Kolkata's gateway by rail and road, linked across the river by Howrah Bridge and served by Howrah railway station.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Howrah (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: Population (total)
1,077,075
Infobox: Population census year
2011
Infobox: Area (Metropolis)
63.55 km2 (24.54 sq mi)
Infobox: Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Infobox: Coordinates
22.58000°N, 88.32944°E
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names West Bengal; continent follows from the atlas record for West Bengal
Howrah (; Bengali: [ˈɦao̯ɽa]) is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Howrah - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1270396
22.57688 88.31857 P PPL IN 28 341 2403 1027672 8 Asia/Kolkata
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 8 m
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 22.75, 88.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 22.75, 88.25
22.75 88.25 Aw
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