Aligarh

Aligarh, a city in the region of , is famous for its locks as well as the Aligarh Muslim University.
Photo: Syed Gibran, GFDL.
  • Type: City with 873,000 residents
  • Description: city in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Also known as: “Aligargh”, “Aligârh”, “Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh”, “Aligarha”, “Allygurh”, “Coel”, “Col”, “Koil”, “Kol”, “Ramgarh”, “Ramghur”, “الیگر”, “علیگره”, “अलीगढ़, उत्तर प्रदेश”, “कोइल”, “रामगढ़”, “আলীগড়”, “அலிகரஹ்”, “ఆలిఘర్”, and “അലിഗഡ്”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Aligarh Junction railway station.

Railway station
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Aligarh

Latitude
27.8815° or 27° 52′ 54″ north
Longitude
78.069° or 78° 4′ 9″ east
Population
873,000
Elevation
189 metres (620 feet)
IATA airport code
HRH
UN/LOCODE
IN ALG
Open location code
7JVWV3J9+JJ
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Aligarh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عليكرة”
  • Armenian: “Ալիգարհ”
  • Asturian: “Aligarh”
  • Awadhi: “अलीगढ़”
  • Balinese: “Aligarh”
  • Basque: “Aligarh”
  • Belarusian: “Алігарх”
  • Bengali: “আলিগড়”
  • Bhojpuri: “अलीगढ़”
  • Bishnupriya: “আলিগড়”
  • Catalan: “Aligarh”
  • Cebuano: “Alīgarh”
  • Chinese: “阿里格尔”
  • Chinese: “阿里格爾”
  • Czech: “Alígarh”
  • Danish: “Aligarh”
  • Dutch: “Aligarh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عليكره”
  • Esperanto: “Aligarh”
  • Esperanto: “Aligor”
  • Estonian: “Alīgarh”
  • Finnish: “Aligarh”
  • French: “Aligarh”
  • Georgian: “ალიგარჰი”
  • German: “Aligarh”
  • Goan Konkani: “Aligarh”
  • Goan Konkani: “अलीगढ”
  • Greek: “Αλιγκάρ”
  • Gujarati: “અલીગઢ”
  • Hebrew: “אליגאר”
  • Hebrew: “אליגרה”
  • Hindi: “अलीगढ़”
  • Hungarian: “Aligarh”
  • Indonesian: “Aligarh”
  • Irish: “Aligarh”
  • Italian: “Aligarh”
  • Japanese: “アリーガル”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲಿಘರ್”
  • Kannada: “ಆಲಿಘಢ್”
  • Kannada: “ಆಲಿಘಢ್‌”
  • Kashmiri: “علی گڑھ”
  • Korean: “알리가르”
  • Ladin: “Aligarh”
  • Latvian: “Alīgarha”
  • Lithuanian: “Aligarhas”
  • Magahi: “अलीगढ़, उत्तरप्रदेश”
  • Magahi: “अलीगढ़”
  • Maithili: “अलीगढ़”
  • Malay: “Aligarh”
  • Malayalam: “അലിഗഢ്”
  • Marathi: “अलीगढ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aligarh”
  • Minangkabau: “Aligarh”
  • Nepali: “अलीगढ”
  • Newari: “अलिगढ”
  • Newari: “अलीगढ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aligarh”
  • Norwegian: “Aligarh”
  • Oriya: “Aligarh”
  • Oriya: “ଅଲିଗଡ଼”
  • Pampanga: “Aligarh”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲੀਗੜ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲੀਗੜ੍ਹ”
  • Persian: “علیگر”
  • Polish: “Aligarh”
  • Portuguese: “Aligarh”
  • Pushto: “علي گړ”
  • Romanian: “Aligarh”
  • Russian: “Алигарх”
  • Sanskrit: “अलिगढ, उत्तरप्रदेशः”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱞᱤᱜᱚᱲ”
  • Saraiki: “علی ڳڑھ”
  • Scots: “Aligarh”
  • Serbian: “Aligarh”
  • Serbian: “Алигар”
  • Serbian: “Алигарх”
  • Sinhala: “අලිගාර්”
  • Slovenian: “Aligarh”
  • Spanish: “Aligarh”
  • Swedish: “Aligarh”
  • Talysh: “Aligarh”
  • Tamil: “அலிகர்”
  • Tamil: “அலிகார்”
  • Telugu: “అలీ ఘడ్”
  • Telugu: “అలీగఢ్”
  • Thai: “อลีครห์”
  • Turkish: “Aligarh”
  • Ukrainian: “Аліґарг”
  • Ukrainian: “Алігарх”
  • Ukrainian: “Аліґарх”
  • Urdu: “علی گڑھ”
  • Uzbek: “Aligarx”
  • Venetian: “Aligarh”
  • Vietnamese: “Aligarh”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Aligarh”
  • Welsh: “Aligarh”
  • Western Panjabi: “علی گڑھ”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿里格尔”
  • “अलीगढ़”

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