Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer, the "Golden City", is on the westernmost frontier of in the state of . Close to the border with , the city is known for its proximity to the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Jaisalmer Fort and Jaisalmer railway station.

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is situated in the city of Jaisalmer, in the state of . It is one of the very few "living forts" in the world, as nearly one fourth of the old city's population still resides within the fort.

Railway station
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is a major railway station located in Jaisalmer, . The railway station is under the administrative control of North Western Railway of Indian Railways.

Jaisalmer

Latitude
26.9117° or 26° 54′ 42″ north
Longitude
70.9125° or 70° 54′ 45″ east
Population
65,500
Elevation
234 metres (768 feet)
IATA airport code
JSA
United Nations Location Code
IN JSA
Open location code
7JRGWW66+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 364108742
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1269507
Wiki­data ID
Q242898
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Jaisalmer” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جيسلمير”
  • Asturian: “Jaisalmer”
  • Basque: “Jaisalmer”
  • Belarusian: “Джайсалмер”
  • Bengali: “জয়সলমীর”
  • Bengali: “জয়সলমের”
  • Bishnupriya: “জয়সালমের”
  • Catalan: “Jaisalmer”
  • Cebuano: “Jaisalmer”
  • Chinese: “傑伊瑟爾梅爾”
  • Chinese: “斋沙默尔”
  • Chinese: “杰伊瑟尔梅尔”
  • Chinese: “賈沙梅爾”
  • Chinese: “贾沙梅尔”
  • Croatian: “Jaisalmer”
  • Czech: “Džaisalmér”
  • Czech: “Džajsalmér”
  • Czech: “Džejsalmer”
  • Danish: “Jaisalmer”
  • Dutch: “Jaisalmer”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جيسلمير”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝajsalmer”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝajsalmero”
  • Esperanto: “Jaisalmer”
  • Esperanto: “Jaisalmero”
  • Finnish: “Jaisalmer”
  • French: “Jaisalmer”
  • German: “Jaisalmer”
  • Greek: “Τζαϊσαλμέρ”
  • Gujarati: “જેસલમેર”
  • Hebrew: “ג’איסלמר”
  • Hindi: “जैसलमेर”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsaiszalmer”
  • Italian: “Jaisalmer”
  • Japanese: “ジャイサルメール”
  • Kannada: “ಜೈಸಲ್ಮೇರ್”
  • Kashmiri: “جیسلمیر”
  • Korean: “자이살메르”
  • Ladin: “Jaisalmer”
  • Maithili: “जैसलमेर”
  • Malagasy: “Jaisalmer”
  • Malay: “Jaisalmer”
  • Malayalam: “ജയ്സാൽമീർ”
  • Marathi: “जेसलमेर”
  • Marathi: “जैसलमेर”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯაისალმერი”
  • Nepali: “जैसलमेर”
  • Newari: “जैसलमेर”
  • Newari: “जैसालमेर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jaisalmer”
  • Norwegian: “Jaisalmer”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jaisalmer”
  • Oriya: “ଜେସଲମେର”
  • Oriya: “ଜୈସଲମେର”
  • Pampanga: “Jaisalmer”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੈਸਲਮੇਰ”
  • Persian: “جیسلمیر”
  • Persian: “شهر طلایی”
  • Polish: “Dźajsalmer”
  • Polish: “Jaisalmer”
  • Portuguese: “Jaisalmer”
  • Romanian: “Jaisalmer”
  • Russian: “Джайсалмер”
  • Sanskrit: “जैसलमेर”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jailsamer”
  • Sindhi: “جيسلمير”
  • Spanish: “Jaisalmer”
  • Swedish: “Jaisalmer”
  • Tamil: “ஜெய்சல்மேர்”
  • Tamil: “ஜெய்சால்மர்”
  • Telugu: “జైసల్మేర్”
  • Thai: “ไชสัลเมร์”
  • Turkish: “Jaisalmer”
  • Ukrainian: “Джайсалмер”
  • Urdu: “جیسلمیر”
  • Vietnamese: “Jaisalmer”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیسلمیر”
  • Wu Chinese: “杰伊瑟尔梅尔”

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