Bhuj

Bhuj is a city and the headquarters of in the Indian state of . It was the capital of Kutch State, which was a princely state before it was merged into the Indian Union in 1947.
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  • Type: City with 143,000 residents
  • Description: city in Gujarat
  • Also known as: “Bhooj”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hamirsar Lake and Prag Mahal.

Lake
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is a man-made lake situated in the centre of Bhuj, the headquarters of in the Indian state of .

Castle
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The is a 19th-century palace located next to the in Bhuj, , , India.

Museum
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is a museum located opposite to the in Bhuj, in the Kutch district of , India. It is the oldest museum of Gujarat which was founded in 1877.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madhapar.

Village
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is a village located in in the state of , India. It is the richest village in India in terms of bank deposits. The village has around 20,000 households and 70,000,000,000 Indian rupee of bank deposits.

Bhuj

Latitude
23.2472° or 23° 14′ 50″ north
Longitude
69.6683° or 69° 40′ 6″ east
Population
143,000
Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)
IATA airport code
BHJ
United Nations Location Code
IN BHJ
Open location code
7JMF6MW9+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567903581
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1275812
Wiki­data ID
Q798382
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bhuj” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بهوي”
  • Arabic: “بوج”
  • Asturian: “Bhuj”
  • Bengali: “ভুজ”
  • Bengali: “ভূজ”
  • Bhojpuri: “भुज”
  • Bishnupriya: “ভোজ”
  • Catalan: “Bhuj”
  • Cebuano: “Bhuj”
  • Chinese: “普傑”
  • Chinese: “普傑市”
  • Chinese: “普杰”
  • Chinese: “普杰市”
  • Dutch: “Bhuj”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بهوى”
  • Esperanto: “Bhuĝ”
  • Esperanto: “Buĝ”
  • French: “BHJ”
  • French: “Bhuj”
  • Georgian: “ბჰუჯი”
  • German: “Bhuj”
  • Gujarati: “ભુજ”
  • Gujarati: “ભૂજ”
  • Hebrew: “‘בהוג”
  • Hebrew: “בהוג‘”
  • Hindi: “भुज”
  • Italian: “Bhuj”
  • Japanese: “ブージ”
  • Japanese: “ブジ”
  • Japanese: “ブジュ”
  • Kannada: “ಭುಜ್”
  • Kashmiri: “بھُج”
  • Korean: “부지”
  • Magahi: “भुज”
  • Malagasy: “Bhuj”
  • Malay: “Bhuj”
  • Marathi: “भूज”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჰუჯი”
  • Newari: “भुज”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bhuj”
  • Norwegian: “Bhuj”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bhuj”
  • Oriya: “Bhuj”
  • Oriya: “ଭୁଜ”
  • Pampanga: “Bhuj”
  • Panjabi: “ਭੁਜ”
  • Persian: “بوج”
  • Polish: “Bhuj”
  • Portuguese: “Bhuj”
  • Romanian: “Bhuj”
  • Russian: “Бхудж”
  • Sanskrit: “भुज”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱷᱩᱡᱽ”
  • Sindhi: “ڀڄ”
  • Spanish: “Bhuj”
  • Swedish: “Bhuj”
  • Tamil: “புஜ்”
  • Telugu: “భుజ్”
  • Thai: “ภุช”
  • Ukrainian: “Бхудж”
  • Urdu: “بھوج”
  • Urdu: “بھوجپور”
  • Vietnamese: “Bhuj”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bhuj”
  • Western Panjabi: “بھوج”
  • “भुज”

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