Kangan

Kangan is a town located near , in the of , . It is one of the tehsils in District Ganderbal. It is situated across the Nallah Sindh and spread over a 50-km-long gorge valley, with population of 120,934 and literacy rate of 52.8% and sex ratio 868 per thousand males.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: town in Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Also known as: Kangan, Jammu and Kashmir

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wayil.

Village
is a tourist village in the Ganderbal District of , India. It is located on the bank of Sind River, around 9 km from , 30 km northeast from , at NH 1D which connects Srinagar and Ladakh. is situated 9 km west of Kangan.

Kangan

Latitude
34.26361° or 34° 15′ 49″ north
Longitude
74.90341° or 74° 54′ 12″ east
Elevation
1,799 metres (5,902 feet)
Open location code
8J6P7W73+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 342119267
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1268097
Wiki­data ID
Q6548068
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Kangan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كنكن
  • Arabic: كَنْكَنُ
  • Asturian: Kangan
  • Dutch: Kangan
  • French: Kangan
  • German: Kangan
  • Hindi: कंगन, गान्दरबल
  • Hindi: कंगन
  • Kashmiri: کَنٛگَن ، جۆم تہٕ کٔشیٖر
  • Kashmiri: کنگن، جموں و کشمیر
  • Urdu: کنگن، جموں و کشمیر

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