Solapur is a city in the southwestern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra, close to its border with Karnataka, positioned on a major highway and rail routes linking Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad, with a branch line to Kalaburagi and Vijayapura in Karnataka. Solapur Airport was inaugurated on 29 September 2024. It is classified as an A1 Tier and B-1 class city under the Indian government's House Rent Allowance classification, and ranks as the seventh biggest metropolitan urban agglomeration and the 11th most populated city in Maharashtra.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Latitude17.670278 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Solapur (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 951,558
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 17.670278, longitude 75.901111
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 457 m
P2046 (area)
area 180.67 sq km
View the Source2. GeoNames: Sholapur - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1256436
17.67152 75.91044 P PPL IN 16 526 4247 997281 473 Asia/Kolkata
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 473 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 17.75, 75.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 17.75, 75.75
17.75 75.75 BSh
Solapur (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Solapur () is a city located in the south-western region of the Indian state of Maharashtra, close to its border with Karnataka.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
city by House Rent Allowance (HRA) classification by the Government of India
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