Howrah

Howrah is the twin city of and an important industrial and transport hub of southern .
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  • Type: City with 1,070,000 residents
  • Description: City in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Haora”, “Haura”, and “Hawrah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Howrah Station and Howrah Bridge.

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, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of in . It not only connects the city to the rest of the country, but also acts as a major hub to connect different destinations of and beyond.

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The is a balanced steel bridge over the in , . Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New , because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking both sides of Kolkata.

Stadium
Photo: Jeroje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a multi-use in Howrah, , . Mainly used for football, it has hosted some matches during the 2006 AFC Youth Championship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include BBD Bagh and Esplanade.

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, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of . Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the district takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.

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, the modern heart of is the city's central business district as well as a major transport and shopping hub.

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The is a 400-hectare park in central , stretching from the Hooghly river in the west to Chowringhee and Park Street in the east, and from the Victoria Memorial in the south to Raj Bhawan and Eden Gardens in the north.

Howrah

Latitude
22.5736° or 22° 34′ 25″ north
Longitude
88.3251° or 88° 19′ 30″ east
Population
1,070,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN HRA
Open location code
7MJCH8FG+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 339279350
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1270396
Wiki­data ID
Q205697
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Howrah” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Haora”
  • Arabic: “هاورا”
  • Armenian: “Հաորա”
  • Armenian: “Հոուրահ”
  • Asturian: “Howrah”
  • Bengali: “হাওড়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “हावड़ा”
  • Bishnupriya: “হাওড়া”
  • Bulgarian: “Ховрах”
  • Catalan: “Howrah”
  • Cebuano: “Hāora”
  • Chechen: “Ховрах”
  • Chinese: “Haora”
  • Chinese: “豪拉”
  • Czech: “Háura”
  • Danish: “Howrah”
  • Dutch: “Haora”
  • Dutch: “Howrah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هاورا”
  • Esperanto: “Haora”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Howrah”
  • Finnish: “Haora”
  • Finnish: “Howrah”
  • French: “Haora”
  • French: “Howrah”
  • Georgian: “ჰოვრაჰი”
  • German: “Haora”
  • German: “Hāora”
  • German: “Howrah”
  • German: “हावड़ा”
  • Greek: “Χαορά”
  • Greek: “Χαόρα”
  • Gujarati: “હાવડા”
  • Hebrew: “האורה”
  • Hindi: “हावड़ा”
  • Hungarian: “Haora”
  • Indonesian: “Howrah”
  • Irish: “Howrah”
  • Italian: “Howrah”
  • Japanese: “ハーウラー”
  • Japanese: “ハウラ”
  • Japanese: “ハウラー”
  • Japanese: “ハオラ”
  • Kannada: “ಹವ್ರಾ”
  • Kannada: “ಹೌರಾ”
  • Kashmiri: “ہاوڑا”
  • Korean: “하우라”
  • Ladin: “Howrah”
  • Latvian: “Haura”
  • Latvian: “Hāura”
  • Lithuanian: “Haora”
  • Lithuanian: “Haura”
  • Macedonian: “Хаора”
  • Magahi: “हाओड़ा”
  • Magahi: “हावड़ा”
  • Maithili: “हावडा”
  • Maithili: “हावड़ा”
  • Malagasy: “Howrah”
  • Malay: “Haora”
  • Marathi: “हावडा”
  • Marathi: “हावरा, पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Marathi: “हावरा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Haora”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰოვრაჰი”
  • Newari: “हावडा”
  • Newari: “हावरा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Haora”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Howrah”
  • Norwegian: “Haora”
  • Oriya: “ହାଓଡ଼ା”
  • Ossetian: “Хаорæ”
  • Pampanga: “Howrah, India”
  • Pampanga: “Howrah”
  • Panjabi: “ਹਾਵੜਾ”
  • Persian: “هاورا”
  • Polish: “Haora”
  • Polish: “Haura”
  • Polish: “Howrah”
  • Portuguese: “Haora”
  • Portuguese: “Howrah”
  • Pushto: “هووراه”
  • Romanian: “Haora”
  • Russian: “Хаора”
  • Russian: “Хаура”
  • Russian: “Ховрах”
  • Sanskrit: “हाउडा”
  • Sanskrit: “हावडा”
  • Santali: “ᱦᱟᱣᱲᱟ”
  • Scots: “Howrah”
  • Serbian: “Haora”
  • Serbian: “Хаора”
  • Sinhala: “හව්රා”
  • Slovenian: “Haora”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هاورا”
  • Spanish: “Haora”
  • Spanish: “Howrah”
  • Swahili: “Howrah”
  • Swedish: “Haora”
  • Swedish: “Haura”
  • Swedish: “Howrah”
  • Talysh: “Xaorah”
  • Tamil: “ஹவுரா”
  • Tamil: “ஹௌரா”
  • Tatar: “Хаора”
  • Telugu: “హౌరా జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “హౌరా”
  • Thai: “หาวรา”
  • Turkish: “Howrah”
  • Ukrainian: “Хаура”
  • Urdu: “ہاوڑا”
  • Urdu: “ہاوڑہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Haora”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Haora”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Howrah”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہاوڑا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہوڑا”
  • Wu Chinese: “豪拉”
  • “हावड़ा”

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