Dhanbad

Dhanbad is a city in ; it is considered the coal capital of India. The coalfields around Dhanbad are known as the Jharia coalfields. They cover an area of around 448 km2, the total reserve of coal is estimated at 5,000 million tonnes.
  • City with about 1,160,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 220 metres (730 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code DBD
  • Description: City of Jharkhand, India
  • Also known as
    “Coal capital”
    “Dhanabad”
    “Dhanbaid”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dhanbad Junction railway station.
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Latitude
23.7953° or 23° 47′ 43″ north
Longitude
86.431° or 86° 25′ 52″ east
UN/LOCODE
IN DBD
Open location code
7MM8QCWJ+49
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Dhanbad” goes by many names.
DhanbadAfrikaans
دانبادArabic
دنبادArabic
ԴհանբադArmenian
DhanbadAsturian
DhanbadBasque
ДханбадBelarusian
ধানবাদBengali
धनबादBhojpuri
ধানাবাদBishnupriya
DhanbādCebuano
ДханбадChechen
丹巴德Chinese
达恩巴德Chinese
DhanbádCzech
DhanbadDanish
DhanbadDutch
دانبادEgyptian Arabic
DhanbadEsperanto
DhanbadFiji Hindi
DhanbadFinnish
DhanbadGalician
დჰანბადიGeorgian
ΝτχανμπάντGreek
ધનબાદGujarati
דנבאדHebrew
कोयला पूंजीHindi
धनबादHindi
DhanbadIndonesian
DhanbadItalian
ダーンバードJapanese
ダンバードJapanese
ಧನ್ಬಾದ್Kannada
دھنبادKashmiri
단바드Korean
DanbadaLatvian
DhanbadasLithuanian
कोइला राजधानीMagahi
धनबादMagahi
धनबादMaithili
DhanbadMalagasy
DhanbadMalay
DhanbadMalayalam
ധൻബാദ്Malayalam
धनबादMarathi
DhanbadMin Nan Chinese
დჰანბადიMingrelian
धनबादNepali
धन्बादNewari
DhanbadNorwegian
DhanbadNorwegian Bokmål
DhanbadOccitan (post 1500)
ଧାନବାଦOriya
ДханбадOssetian
DhanbadPampanga
ਧਨਬਾਦPanjabi
دانبادPersian
DhanbadPolish
دان ابادPushto
ДханбадRussian
धनबादSanskrit
ᱠᱚᱭᱞᱟ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱜᱟᱲSantali
ᱫᱷᱟᱱᱵᱟᱫᱽSantali
DhanbadScots
DanbadSerbian
DhanbadSerbian
ДанбадSerbian
ඩන්බාද්Sinhala
دانبادSouth Azerbaijani
DhanbadSwedish
DhanbadTalysh
தன்பாத்Tamil
ధన్‌బాద్Telugu
ดันแบดThai
ธนพาทThai
DhanbadTurkish
ДханбадUkrainian
دھنبادUrdu
DhanbadVietnamese
DhanbadWaray (Philippines)
دھنبادWestern Panjabi

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