Kalaburagi

Kalaburagi, previously known as Gulbarga, is a city in and the head quarters of the Kalaburagi District. Gulburga literally means "city of gardens" while Kaliburagi means "rocky land." It was once the capital of the Bahmani Sultanate and an important Sufi centre.
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  • Type: City with 400,000 residents
  • Description: city in Karnataka, India
  • Also known as: “Ahsanabad”, “Ahsanabad-Gulbarga”, “Gulberga”, “Gulburga”, “Kalaburgi”, “Kulbarga”, “गुल्बर्ग”, “बहमनी राजाओं की राजधानी”, “గుల్బర్గా జిల్లా”, “ಕಲಬುರ್ಗಿ”, “ಕಲ್ಬುರ್ಗಿ”, “ಗುಲಬರ್ಗಾ”, “ಗುಲ್ಬರ್ಗ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”, and “ಗುಲ್ಬರ್ಗಾ”
  • Historically known as: “Gulbarga”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kalaburagi Junction railway station and Dargah of Bande Nawaz in Kalaburagi.

Railway station
Photo: SridharSaraf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, formerly Gulbarga…

Mosque
Photo: H Shraddha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mosque.

Kalaburagi

Latitude
17.331° or 17° 19′ 52″ north
Longitude
76.8334° or 76° 50′ 0″ east
Population
400,000
Elevation
474 metres (1,555 feet)
IATA airport code
GBI
UN/LOCODE
IN GBA
Open location code
7J9R8RJM+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245640372
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1270752
Wiki­data ID
Q37112
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kalaburagi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كلبركة”
  • Bengali: “কলবুরগি”
  • Bengali: “গুলবর্গা”
  • Bengali: “গুলবার্গ”
  • Bhojpuri: “गुलबर्गा”
  • Bishnupriya: “গুলবার্গ”
  • Catalan: “Gulbarga”
  • Chinese: “古尔伯加”
  • Chinese: “古巴尔嘎”
  • Chinese: “古巴爾嘎”
  • Czech: “Kalaburagi”
  • Dutch: “Gulbarga”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كلبركه”
  • Esperanto: “Gulbarga”
  • Esperanto: “Kalaburagi”
  • Finnish: “Gulbarga”
  • French: “Gulbarga”
  • Georgian: “გულბარგა”
  • German: “Gulbarga”
  • German: “Kalaburagi”
  • Gujarati: “ગુલબર્ગ”
  • Hebrew: “גולבראג‘”
  • Hindi: “कलबुर्गी”
  • Hindi: “कल्बुर्गि”
  • Hindi: “गुलबर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Gulbarga”
  • Italian: “Gulbarga”
  • Japanese: “カラブラギ”
  • Japanese: “グルバルガ”
  • Kannada: “Kalburgi”
  • Kannada: “ಕಲಬುರಗಿ”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಲಬೂರ್ಗಿ”
  • Kannada: “ಗುಲ್ಬರ್ಗ”
  • Korean: “굴바르가”
  • Korean: “칼라부라기”
  • Lithuanian: “Gulbarga”
  • Magahi: “कलबुर्गि”
  • Maithili: “गुलबर्गा”
  • Malay: “Gulbarga”
  • Malayalam: “ഗുൽബർഗ”
  • Marathi: “कलबुर्गी”
  • Marathi: “गुलबर्गा”
  • Nepali: “गुलबर्गा”
  • Newari: “गुलबर्गा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gulbarga”
  • Norwegian: “Gulbarga”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gulbarga”
  • Oriya: “ଗୁଲବର୍ଗା”
  • Pampanga: “Kalburgi”
  • Persian: “گلبرگه”
  • Polish: “Gulbarga”
  • Polish: “Kalaburagi”
  • Portuguese: “Kalaburagi”
  • Pushto: “گلبرگه”
  • Russian: “Гулбарга”
  • Russian: “Гульбарга”
  • Sanskrit: “गुल्बर्गा”
  • Santali: “ᱜᱩᱞᱵᱚᱨᱜᱟ”
  • Serbian: “Гулбарга”
  • Slovenian: “Kalaburagi”
  • Spanish: “Gulbarga”
  • Spanish: “Kalaburagi”
  • Swedish: “Gulbarga”
  • Swedish: “Kalaburagi”
  • Swedish: “Kalaburgi”
  • Tajik: “Гулбарга”
  • Talysh: “Gulbarga”
  • Tamil: “குல்பர்கா”
  • Telugu: “గుల్బర్గా”
  • Ukrainian: “Гулбарга”
  • Urdu: “گلبرگہ”
  • Venetian: “Gulbarga”
  • Vietnamese: “Gulbarga”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gulbarga”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلبرگہ”
  • “गुलबर्गा”

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