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Junagadh

Junagadh

Junagadh is a historical city in , in the west of , on the Arabian Sea. The region of Junagadh became a district of Gujarat state in 1960. Junagadh used to be the state capital and is now a district administrative center.
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  • Type: City with 320,000 residents
  • Description: city in Gujarat, India
  • Also known as: “Djunagarh”, “Junagad”, “Junagarh”, “Junaghur”, and “Sorath”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mahabat Maqbara complex and Uparkot Fort.

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Mahabat Maqbara and Bahauddin Maqbra are mausoleums in Junagadh, Gujarat, India. They were completed in 1892 and 1896 respectively and are dedicated to Mahabat Khan II, the Nawab of Junagadh State, and his minister Bahauddin Hussain Bhar respectively.

Fort
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Uparkot is a fort located in east side of Junagadh, , India.

Archaeological site
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The are part of the Junagadh Buddhist Cave Group. They are the oldest of the caves in the group. The caves, on the basis of scribbles and short cursive letters on the wall, are dated to 3rd-4th century BCE during the Emperor Ashoka's rule and are the plainest of all the caves in the groups.

Junagadh

Latitude
21.522° or 21° 31′ 19″ north
Longitude
70.4582° or 70° 27′ 30″ east
Population
320,000
Elevation
97 metres (318 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN JUN
Open location code
7JHGGFC5+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 630794541
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1268773
Wiki­data ID
Q11864
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Junagadh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جوناغاد”
  • Armenian: “Ջունագադհ”
  • Assamese: “জুনাগড়”
  • Asturian: “Junagadh”
  • Bengali: “জুনাগড়”
  • Bhojpuri: “जूनागढ”
  • Bishnupriya: “জূনাগঢ”
  • Catalan: “Junagarh”
  • Cebuano: “Jūnāgadh”
  • Chinese: “Junagadh”
  • Chinese: “朱納格特”
  • Chinese: “朱纳格特”
  • Czech: “Džúnágadh”
  • Danish: “Junagadh”
  • Dutch: “Junagadh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوناجاد”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝunagad”
  • Finnish: “Junagadh”
  • French: “Junagadh”
  • French: “Junâgadh”
  • Georgian: “ჯუნაგადჰი”
  • German: “Junagadh”
  • Greek: “Τζουναγκάντ”
  • Gujarati: “જુનાગઢ”
  • Hebrew: “ג’ונאגדה”
  • Hebrew: “ג’ונגאד”
  • Hindi: “जूनागढ़”
  • Indonesian: “Junagadh”
  • Italian: “Junagadh”
  • Italian: “Junagarh”
  • Japanese: “ジュナーガド”
  • Kannada: “ಜುನಗದ್”
  • Kannada: “ಜುನಾಗಢ”
  • Kannada: “ಜುನಾಗಢ್”
  • Kannada: “ಜುನಾಘಡ್”
  • Kashmiri: “جونا گڑھ”
  • Korean: “주나가”
  • Korean: “주나가드”
  • Ladin: “Junagadh”
  • Latvian: “Džunagada”
  • Lithuanian: “Džunagada”
  • Malagasy: “Junagadh”
  • Malay: “Junagadh”
  • Malayalam: “ജുനാഗഡ്”
  • Marathi: “जुनागढ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Junagadh”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯუნაგადჰი”
  • Nepali: “जूनागढ”
  • Newari: “जुनागढ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Junagadh”
  • Norwegian: “Junagadh”
  • Oriya: “ଜୁନାଗଡ଼”
  • Pampanga: “Junagadh”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੂਨਾਗੜ੍ਹ”
  • Persian: “جوناگاد”
  • Polish: “Dźunagadh”
  • Portuguese: “Junagadh”
  • Pushto: “جوناګړ”
  • Russian: “Джунагадх”
  • Russian: “Джунагарх”
  • Sanskrit: “जुनागढ”
  • Sanskrit: “जूनागढ”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱩᱱᱟᱜᱚᱲ”
  • Serbian: “Џунагад”
  • Sindhi: “جونا ڳڙھ”
  • Sinhala: “ජුනගාද්”
  • Spanish: “Junagadh”
  • Swedish: “Junagadh”
  • Swedish: “Jūnāgadh”
  • Tamil: “ஜூனாகத்”
  • Telugu: “జునాగఢ్”
  • Thai: “ชูนาครห์”
  • Turkish: “Junagadh”
  • Ukrainian: “Джунагадх”
  • Urdu: “جونا گڑھ”
  • Urdu: “جوناگڑھ”
  • Vietnamese: “Junagadh”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Junagadh”
  • Western Panjabi: “جوناگڑھ”
  • “जूनागढ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Junagadh”. Photo: Charmi Parekh, CC BY-SA 3.0.