Jaunpur

Jaunpur is a city in the Purvanchal part of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. A historical town with Medieval era fort, bridges and mosques. The city was founded by Feroz Shah Tughlaq and named in memory of his cousin, Jaun.
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  • Type: City with 180,000 residents
  • Description: city in Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Also known as: “Iionpoor”, “Jaunapura”, “Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh”, “Jionpoor”, “Juanpore”, “Sultanat de Jaunpur”, “جونپوٗر، اترپردیش”, “जौनापुर”, and “জোউনপুর”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Jama Mosque, Jaunpur and Shahi Qila.

Mosque
Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur, CC BY 2.0.
Jama Masjid, also known as Jama Mosque, Jami Masjid…

Park
Photo: Thomas Daniell, Public domain.
, also known as Karar Fort or Jaunpur Fort…

Railway station
Jaunpur Junction, also known as Bhandariya railway…

Jaunpur

Latitude
25.7472° or 25° 44′ 50″ north
Longitude
82.689° or 82° 41′ 20″ east
Population
180,000
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IN JPR
Open location code
7MQ4PMWQ+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245738012
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1269135
Wiki­data ID
Q1025475
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Jaunpur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جونبور”
  • Arabic: “جونفور”
  • Asturian: “Jaunpur”
  • Azerbaijani: “Caunpur”
  • Basque: “Jaunpur”
  • Bengali: “জৌনপুর”
  • Bhojpuri: “जौनपुर”
  • Bishnupriya: “জৌয়ানপুর”
  • Catalan: “Jaunpur (ciutat)”
  • Catalan: “Jaunpur”
  • Cebuano: “Jaunpur”
  • Chinese: “乔恩普尔”
  • Chinese: “喬恩普爾”
  • Chinese: “江布尔”
  • Chinese: “江布爾”
  • Czech: “Džaunpur”
  • Dutch: “Jaunpur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جونبور”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝaŭnpur”
  • Finnish: “Jaunpur”
  • French: “Jawnpur”
  • German: “Jaunpur”
  • Gujarati: “જૌનપુર”
  • Hebrew: “ג’ואנפור”
  • Hindi: “जौनपुर”
  • Indonesian: “Jaunpur”
  • Irish: “Jaunpur”
  • Italian: “Jaunpur”
  • Japanese: “ジャウンプル”
  • Kannada: “ಜಾನ್ಪುರ್”
  • Kannada: “ಜೌನಪುರ”
  • Korean: “자운푸르”
  • Ladin: “Jaunpur”
  • Magahi: “जौनपुर, उत्तरप्रदेश”
  • Magahi: “जौनपुर”
  • Maithili: “जौनपुर”
  • Malay: “Jaunpur”
  • Marathi: “जौनपूर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jaunpur”
  • Nepali: “जौनपुर”
  • Newari: “जौनपुर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jaunpur”
  • Norwegian: “Jaunpur”
  • Oriya: “ଜୌନପୁର, ଉତ୍ତରପ୍ରଦେଶ”
  • Persian: “جونپور”
  • Polish: “Jaunpur”
  • Portuguese: “Jaunpur”
  • Russian: “Джаунпур”
  • Sanskrit: “जौनपुरम्, उत्तरप्रदेशः”
  • Sanskrit: “जौनपुरम्”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱳᱣᱱᱯᱩᱨ, ᱩᱛᱛᱚᱨ ᱯᱨᱚᱫᱮᱥ”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱳᱣᱱᱯᱩᱨ”
  • Spanish: “Jaunpur”
  • Swedish: “Jaunpur”
  • Tamil: “ஜவுன்பூர்”
  • Telugu: “జాన్పూర్”
  • Telugu: “జౌన్‌పూర్”
  • Ukrainian: “Джаунпур”
  • Urdu: “جونپور، اترپردیش”
  • Venetian: “Jaunpur”
  • Vietnamese: “Jaunpur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh”
  • Western Panjabi: “جون پور”
  • Western Panjabi: “جونپور”
  • “जौनपुर”

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