Junnar
Junnar in western Maharashtra is best known for the Shivneri Fort, the birthplace of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. Other than that, the town is home to various cave temples.- Type: Town with 25,300 residents
- Description: Junnar is a city in the Pune district of the Indian state of Maharashtra
- Also known as: “Junara” and “Shivner”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shivneri Fort.
Shivneri Fort
Castle
Shivneri Fort is an ancient military fortification located near Junnar in Pune district in Maharashtra, India. It is the birthplace of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of Maratha Kingdom.
Junnar
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Junnar, Pune, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
19.2094° or 19° 12′ 34″ north
Longitude
73.8772° or 73° 52′ 38″ east
Population
25,300
Elevation
683 metres (2,241 feet)
Open location code
7JFM6V5G+QV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Junnar” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Junnar”
- Bengali: “জুন্নার”
- Bishnupriya: “জুন্নার”
- Cebuano: “Junnar”
- Chinese: “Junnar”
- Chinese: “久納爾”
- Chinese: “久纳尔”
- Dutch: “Junnar”
- French: “Junnar”
- German: “Junnar”
- Gujarati: “જૂનાર”
- Hebrew: “ג’ונאר”
- Hindi: “जुन्नर”
- Hindi: “जुन्नर”
- Irish: “Junnar”
- Italian: “Junnar”
- Japanese: “ジュンナール”
- Kannada: “ಜುನ್ನರ್”
- Kannada: “ಜುನ್ನಾರ್”
- Kashmiri: “جنار”
- Korean: “주나르”
- Ladin: “Junnar”
- Malagasy: “Junnar”
- Malay: “Junnar”
- Malayalam: “ജുന്നാർ”
- Marathi: “जुन्नर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Junnar”
- Newari: “जुन्नर”
- Persian: “جونار”
- Portuguese: “Junnar”
- Russian: “Джуннар”
- Russian: “Юннар”
- Sinhala: “ජුන්නර්”
- Spanish: “Junnar”
- Swedish: “Junnar”
- Tamil: “ஜுன்னர்”
- Tamil: “ஜுன்னார்”
- Tamil: “ஜூன்னார்”
- Tamil: “ஜூன்னார்ல்”
- Telugu: “జున్నార్”
- Ukrainian: “Юннар”
- Urdu: “جنار”
- Urdu: “جونر”
- Vietnamese: “Junnar”
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