Janakpur

Janakpur is a major city of religious and historical importance in the Eastern Terai region of . It is a popular place of pilgrimage for Hindus from all around the world and a major tourist attraction in the region.
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  • Type: City with 95,000 residents
  • Description: city in Dhanusha District, Nepal
  • Also known as: “Džanakpurdham”, “Janak Pur”, “Janakpur Dham”, “Janakpur Upmahanagarpalika”, “Janakpurdham”, “Janakpurdham Upmahanagarpalika”, “Janakpurdham, Province No. 2, Nepal”, “जनकपुरधाम”, “ชนกปุระ”, “札納普爾”, “賈納克普爾”, and “贾纳克普尔”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Janakpur Airport and Janaki Mandir.

Aerodrome
Photo: Sicherlich, CC BY 3.0.
is an serving Janakpur…

Hindu temple
Photo: Adutta.np, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jānakī Mandir is a in Jānakpurdham, , dedicated to the Hindu goddess Sītā.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bindhi.

Suburb
is a village development committee in Dhanusa…

Janakpur

Latitude
26.7285° or 26° 43′ 42″ north
Longitude
85.9249° or 85° 55′ 30″ east
Population
95,000
Elevation
83 metres (272 feet)
IATA airport code
JKR
UN/LOCODE
NP JKR
Open location code
7MR7PWHF+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 806482934
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1283318
Wiki­data ID
Q378649
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Janakpur” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጃናክፑር”
  • Arabic: “جاناكبور”
  • Arabic: “جانكبور”
  • Aragonese: “Janakpur”
  • Asturian: “Janakpurdham”
  • Awadhi: “जनकपुर”
  • Azerbaijani: “Janakpur”
  • Basque: “Janakpur”
  • Belarusian: “Джанакпур”
  • Bengali: “জনকপুর”
  • Bhojpuri: “जनकपुर”
  • Cebuano: “Janakpur”
  • Chinese: “賈納克布爾”
  • Chinese: “贾纳克布尔”
  • Dotyali: “जनकपुर”
  • Dutch: “Janakpur”
  • Esperanto: “Janakpur”
  • Finnish: “Janakpur”
  • French: “Janakpur”
  • German: “Janakpur”
  • Greek: “Τζανακπούρ”
  • Hausa: “Janakpur”
  • Hebrew: “ג’נקפור”
  • Hindi: “जनकपुर”
  • Indonesian: “Janakpur”
  • Italian: “Janakpur”
  • Japanese: “ジャナクプル”
  • Javanese: “Janakpur”
  • Kannada: “ಜನಕಪುರ”
  • Kazakh: “Жанакпур”
  • Kirghiz: “Жанакпур”
  • Korean: “자낙푸르”
  • Kurdish: “Janakpur”
  • Lithuanian: “Džanakpuras”
  • Magahi: “जनकपुर”
  • Maithili: “जनकपुर उपमहानगरपालिका”
  • Malay: “Janakpur”
  • Malayalam: “ജനക്പൂർ”
  • Marathi: “जनकपूर”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯანაკპური”
  • Nepali: “जनकपुर उपमहानगरपालिका”
  • Nepali: “जनकपुरधाम उपमहानगरपालिका”
  • Newari: “जनकपुर नगरपालिका”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Janakpur”
  • Norwegian: “Janakpur”
  • Oromo: “Janakpur”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਨਕਪੁਰ”
  • Persian: “جاناکپور”
  • Persian: “جانک‌پور”
  • Persian: “جنک‌پور”
  • Polish: “Dźanakpur”
  • Polish: “Janakpur”
  • Portuguese: “Janakpur”
  • Pushto: “جناکپور”
  • Russian: “Джанакпур”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱠᱯᱩᱨ”
  • Slovenian: “Džanakpur”
  • Somali: “Janakpur”
  • Spanish: “Janakpur”
  • Swahili: “Janakpur”
  • Swedish: “Janakpur”
  • Tajik: “Жанакпур”
  • Tamil: “ஜனக்பூர்”
  • Tatar: “Джанакпур”
  • Tatar: “Жанакпур”
  • Thai: “ชนกปุรธาม”
  • Turkish: “Janakpur”
  • Ukrainian: “Джанакпур”
  • Urdu: “جناکپردھم”
  • Urdu: “جنک پور”
  • Urdu: “جنکپور”
  • Uzbek: “Janakpur”
  • “जनकपुर, नेपाल”

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