Daltonganj
Daltonganj is a city in Jharkhand. The city was named Daltonganj during the British Raj after Irishman Colonel Edward Tuite Dalton.
- Type: Town with 5,000 residents
- Description: city in India
- Also known as: “Medininagar”, “डालटेनगंज”, “डाल्टन्गंज्”, and “डाल्टेनगञ्ज”
- Historically known as: “Daltonganj,”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Daltonganj railway station.
Daltonganj
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Medininagar Daltonganj, Palamu, North Jharkhand, Jharkhand, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.0397° or 24° 2′ 23″ north
Longitude
84.0658° or 84° 3′ 57″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)
Open location code
7MP623Q8+V8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Angika to Vietnamese—“Daltonganj” goes by many names.
- Angika: “मेदिनीनगर”
- Asturian: “Medininagar”
- Bengali: “মেদিনীনগর”
- Bhojpuri: “मेदिनीनगर”
- Bishnupriya: “দাল্টনগঞ্জ”
- Cebuano: “Dāltenganj”
- Chinese: “多尔顿根杰”
- Chinese: “达尔通格阿恩杰”
- Chinese: “达通嘎尼”
- Chinese: “達通嘎尼”
- Dutch: “Daltonganj”
- Esperanto: “Medininagar”
- French: “Daltonganj”
- German: “Daltonganj”
- German: “Medininagar”
- Gujarati: “દોલતગંજ”
- Hindi: “डाल्टेनगंज”
- Hindi: “मेदिनीनगर”
- Italian: “Daltonganj”
- Japanese: “ダルトンガンジ”
- Kannada: “ಡಾಲ್ಟೊಂಗಂಜ್”
- Korean: “달통간즈”
- Magahi: “मेदिनीनगर”
- Malagasy: “Daltonganj”
- Malay: “Daltonganj”
- Marathi: “डाल्टनगंज”
- Nepali: “डाल्टेनगंज”
- Newari: “डाल्टनगञ्ज”
- Oriya: “Daltonganj”
- Oriya: “ଡାଲଟନ୍ଗଞ୍ଜ”
- Pampanga: “Daltonganj”
- Persian: “میدینینگار”
- Portuguese: “Daltonganj”
- Russian: “Далтонгандж”
- Sanskrit: “डाल्टनगञ्जनगरम्”
- Santali: “ᱢᱮᱫᱤᱱᱤᱱᱚᱜᱚᱨ”
- Spanish: “Daltonganj”
- Swedish: “Daltonganj”
- Swedish: “Medninagar”
- Talysh: “Medininagar”
- Tamil: “டால்ட்டோன்கஞ்”
- Tamil: “மேதினிநகர்”
- Telugu: “డాల్టన్ గంజ్”
- Telugu: “మేదినీనగర్”
- Urdu: “دالٹنجانج”
- Urdu: “میڈینی نگر”
- Vietnamese: “Daltongganj”
- “मेदिनीनगर”
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