Jaipur

Jaipur, also known as the Pink City, is the capital of Indian state of , and its largest city. The city was built in the 18th century by Sawai Jai Singh as India's first planned city, and today it's a major tourist attraction for Indians and for international visitors.
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Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: City with 3,070,000 residents
  • Description: capital of Rajasthan, India
  • Also known as: Jainagar”, “Jaipur City”, “Jayapur”, “Jeypore”, and “Pink City

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hawa Mahal and Jantar Mantar.

The is a palace in the city of Jaipur, , . Built from red and pink sandstone, it is on the edge of the , and extends to the Zenana, or women's chambers.

The is a collection of 19 astronomical instruments built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The monument was completed in 1734.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , Jaipur is a royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Construction started soon after the establishment of the city of Jaipur under the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who moved his court to Jaipur from , in 1727.

Jaipur

Latitude
26.9155° or 26° 54′ 56″ north
Longitude
75.819° or 75° 49′ 8″ east
Population
3,070,000
Elevation
435 metres (1,427 feet)
IATA airport code
JAI
United Nations Location Code
IN JAI
Open location code
7JRQWR89+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 315734346
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1269515
Wiki­data ID
Q66485
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Jaipur” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Jaipur
  • Arabic: جايبور
  • Arabic: جيبور
  • Arabic: جَيْبُورُ
  • Aragonese: Jaipur
  • Armenian: Ջայպուր
  • Arpitan: Jaipur
  • Assamese: জয়পুৰ
  • Asturian: Jaipur
  • Azerbaijani: Caypur
  • Bashkir: Джайпур
  • Basque: Jaipur
  • Belarusian: Джайпур
  • Bengali: গোলাপি শহর
  • Bengali: জয়পুর
  • Bhojpuri: जयपुर
  • Bishnupriya: জয়পুর
  • Breton: Jaipur
  • Bulgarian: Джайпур
  • Catalan: Jaipur
  • Cebuano: Jaipur
  • Central Kurdish: جایپور
  • Chechen: Джайпур
  • Chinese: Jaipur
  • Chinese: 斋普尔
  • Chinese: 斋浦尔
  • Chinese: 齋浦爾
  • Chinese: 齋葡亞
  • Cornish: Jaipur
  • Croatian: Jaipur
  • Czech: Džajpur
  • Danish: Jaipur
  • Dimli (individual language): Caypur
  • Dotyali: जयपुर
  • Dutch: Jaipur
  • Eastern Mari: Джайпур
  • Egyptian Arabic: جايبور
  • Esperanto: Ĝajpuro
  • Estonian: Jaipur
  • Fiji Hindi: Jaipur
  • Finnish: Jaipur
  • French: Jaipur
  • Galician: Jaipur
  • Georgian: ჯაიპური
  • German: Dschaipur
  • German: Jaipur
  • Gilaki: جیپور
  • Greek: Τζαϊπούρ
  • Gujarati: જયપુર
  • Hausa: Jaipur
  • Hebrew: ג’איפור
  • Hebrew: גאיפור
  • Hindi: जयपुर
  • Hindi: पिंक सिटी
  • Hungarian: Dzsaipur
  • Hungarian: Dzsajpur
  • Ido: Jaipur
  • Indonesian: Jaipur
  • Irish: Jaipur
  • Italian: Jaipur
  • Japanese: ジャイプール
  • Japanese: ジャイプル
  • Japanese: ピンク・シティー
  • Kalaallisut: Jaipur
  • Kannada: ಜಯಪುರ್
  • Kannada: ಜೈಪುರ
  • Kashmiri: جے پور
  • Kashmiri: جے پوٗر
  • Kirghiz: Жайпур
  • Komering: Jaypur
  • Korean: 자이푸르
  • Ladin: Jaipur
  • Latin: Iaipura
  • Latvian: Džajpura
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Jaipur
  • Lithuanian: Džaipuras
  • Lower Sorbian: Jaipur
  • Luxembourgish: Jaipur
  • Macedonian: Џајпур
  • Maithili: गुलाबी नगर
  • Maithili: जयपुर
  • Malagasy: Jaipur
  • Malay: Jaipur
  • Malayalam: ജയ്‌പൂർ
  • Maltese: Jaipur
  • Maori: Jaipur
  • Marathi: जयपुर
  • Marathi: जयपूर
  • Mazanderani: جایپور
  • Mazanderani: جی‌پور
  • Min Nan Chinese: Jaipur
  • Mingrelian: ჯაიპური
  • Mongolian: Жайпур
  • Nepali: गुलाबी नगर
  • Nepali: जयपुर
  • Newari: जयपुर
  • Newari: जैपुर मण्डल, अदिलाबाद जिल्ला
  • Northern Frisian: Jaipur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jaipur
  • Norwegian: Jaipur
  • Occitan (post 1500): Jaipur
  • Oriya: ଜୟପୁର, ରାଜସ୍ଥାନ
  • Oriya: ଜୟପୁର
  • Ossetian: Джайпур
  • Pampanga: Jaipur
  • Panjabi: ਗੁਲਾਬੀ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ
  • Panjabi: ਜੈਪੁਰ
  • Panjabi: ਪਿੰਕ ਸਿਟੀ
  • Persian: جایپور
  • Persian: جیپور
  • Persian: جی‌پور
  • Polish: Dźajpur
  • Polish: Jaipur
  • Portuguese: Jaipur
  • Pushto: جيپور
  • Romanian: Jaipur
  • Russia Buriat: Джайпур
  • Russian: Джайпур
  • Sanskrit: जयपुरम्
  • Santali: ᱜᱩᱞᱟᱹᱯᱤ ᱥᱚᱦᱚᱨ
  • Santali: ᱡᱚᱭᱯᱩᱨ
  • Scots: Jaipur
  • Serbian: Џајпур
  • Serbo-Croatian: Džajpur
  • Silesian: Jaipur
  • Sinhala: ජායිපූර්
  • Slovak: Džajpur
  • Slovenian: Džaipur
  • South Azerbaijani: جایپور
  • Spanish: Jaipur
  • Swahili: Jaipur
  • Swedish: Jaipur
  • Tagalog: Jaipur
  • Tajik: Ҷайпур
  • Talysh: Čajpur
  • Tamil: செய்ப்பூர்
  • Tamil: ஜெய்ப்பூர்
  • Tatar: Җайпур
  • Telugu: జైపూర్
  • Telugu: పింక్ సిటీ
  • Thai: ชัยปุระ
  • Turkish: Jaipur
  • Twi: Gyaepu
  • Twi: Jaipur
  • Uighur: Jaypur
  • Ukrainian: Джайпур
  • Urdu: جے پور
  • Urdu: گلابی شہر
  • Uzbek: Jaypur
  • Venetian: Jaipur
  • Veps: Džaipur
  • Vietnamese: Jaipur
  • Võro: Jaipur
  • Waray (Philippines): Jaipur
  • Welsh: Jaipur
  • Western Panjabi: جے پور
  • Wu Chinese: 斋浦尔
  • Yue Chinese: 齋葡亞
  • Jaipur
  • ma tomo Sajepu
  • जयपुर

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