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Chandannagar

Chandannagar, formerly Chandernagore, is a small city in the district of , India. Situated along the banks of the river Hooghly, the city has been able to maintain a separate identity different from all other cities and abide by her own characteristics.
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  • Type: City with 167,000 residents
  • Description: City in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Chandernagore”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chandannagar railway station and Jagaddal railway station.

Railway station
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is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line. It is located in in the Indian state of .

Railway station
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is the railway station on Sealdah–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway. It is situated at the town of . It serves the local areas of Jagatdal in , , India.

Railway station
Photo: Sbb1413, CC BY 4.0.
Chunchura railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line. It is located in in the Indian state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinsurah.

Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
is the headquarters of the district of , India. Lying on the Hooghly River close to Chandannagar, 35 km north of , has a strong significance in the history of .

Chandannagar

Latitude
22.8639° or 22° 51′ 50″ north
Longitude
88.3704° or 88° 22′ 13″ east
Population
167,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
7MJCV97C+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1672312671
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1274784
Wiki­data ID
Q695591
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Chandannagar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشاندان نجر”
  • Basque: “Chandannagar”
  • Belarusian: “Чанданагар”
  • Bengali: “চন্দননগর”
  • Bhojpuri: “चंदनगर”
  • Bishnupriya: “চন্দননগর”
  • Bulgarian: “Чанданагар”
  • Catalan: “Chandanagar”
  • Catalan: “Chandannagar”
  • Catalan: “Chandarnagar”
  • Catalan: “Chandernagor”
  • Catalan: “Chandernagore”
  • Cebuano: “Chandannagar”
  • Chinese: “金德訥格爾”
  • Chinese: “金德讷格尔”
  • Czech: “Čandannagar”
  • Czech: “Čandarnagar”
  • Dutch: “Chandannagar”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉandanagar”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉandanagaro”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉandannagar”
  • Esperanto: “Chandannagar”
  • Esperanto: “Chandernagor”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Chandannagar”
  • French: “Chandannagar”
  • French: “Chandernagor”
  • Georgian: “ჩანდანაგარი”
  • German: “Chandannagar”
  • German: “Chandernagor”
  • German: “Chandernagore”
  • Gujarati: “ચન્દનનગર”
  • Hebrew: “צ’נדנגאר”
  • Hindi: “चंदननगर”
  • Hindi: “चन्दननगर”
  • Indonesian: “Chandannagar”
  • Irish: “Chandannagar”
  • Italian: “Chandannagar”
  • Italian: “Chandannagore”
  • Italian: “Chandernagor”
  • Japanese: “シャンデルナゴル”
  • Japanese: “チャンダンナガル”
  • Kannada: “ಚಂದನನಗರ”
  • Kannada: “ಚಂದ್ರನಗರ”
  • Korean: “찬다나가르”
  • Ladin: “Chandannagar”
  • Malagasy: “Chandannagar”
  • Malay: “Chandannagar”
  • Malayalam: “ചന്ദൻനഗർ”
  • Newari: “चन्दननगर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chandannagar”
  • Norwegian: “Chandannagar”
  • Ossetian: “Чанданнагар”
  • Persian: “چندنگر”
  • Persian: “چندن‌نگر”
  • Polish: “Chandannagar”
  • Polish: “Chandernagar”
  • Polish: “Chandernagore”
  • Portuguese: “Chandannagar”
  • Portuguese: “Chandernagor”
  • Portuguese: “Chandernagore”
  • Russian: “Чанданнагар”
  • Slovenian: “Čandanagar”
  • Slovenian: “Čanernagor”
  • Spanish: “Chandannagar”
  • Spanish: “Chandernagor”
  • Swedish: “Chandannagar”
  • Swedish: “Chandarnagar”
  • Swedish: “Chandernagar”
  • Swedish: “Chandernagore”
  • Tamil: “சந்தன்நகர்”
  • Thai: “จันทนนคร”
  • Ukrainian: “Чанданагар”
  • Ukrainian: “Чанданнагар”
  • Ukrainian: “Чанданнаґар”
  • Ukrainian: “Чанденагар”
  • Ukrainian: “Чанденнагар”
  • Urdu: “چندن نگر”
  • Venetian: “Chandannagar”
  • Vietnamese: “Chandannagar”
  • Vietnamese: “Chandernagor”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chandan Nagar”
  • “चंदनगर”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Chandannagar”. Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.