Kanker

Kanker is a town in the southern part of , . It is the headquarters of its district. For most of the colonial period it was the seat of the administration of the eponymous princely state.
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  • Type: Town with 30,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Kanker, Chhattisgarh”

Kanker

Latitude
20.2693° or 20° 16′ 9″ north
Longitude
81.4932° or 81° 29′ 36″ east
Population
30,000
Elevation
401 metres (1,316 feet)
Open location code
7MG37F9V+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2270316597
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1268031
Wiki­data ID
Q609848
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kanker” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنكر”
  • Asturian: “Kanker”
  • Bengali: “কাঙ্কের”
  • Bishnupriya: “কনকের”
  • Catalan: “Kanker”
  • Cebuano: “Kānker”
  • Chinese: “卡恩凯尔”
  • Dutch: “Kanker”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانكر”
  • French: “Kanker”
  • German: “Kanker”
  • Gujarati: “કાંકેર”
  • Hindi: “कांकेर जिला”
  • Hindi: “कांकेर”
  • Irish: “Kanker”
  • Italian: “Kanker”
  • Japanese: “カーンケール”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಂಕೇರ”
  • Magahi: “काङ्केर”
  • Malay: “Kanker”
  • Marathi: “कांकेर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kanker”
  • Nepali: “कांकेर”
  • Newari: “कान्केर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanker”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਂਕੇਰ”
  • Polish: “Kanker”
  • Portuguese: “Kanker”
  • Russian: “Канкер”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱝᱠᱮᱨ, ᱪᱷᱚᱛᱤᱥᱜᱚᱲ”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱝᱠᱮᱨ”
  • Slovenian: “Kanker”
  • Spanish: “Kanker”
  • Swedish: “Kanker”
  • Tagalog: “Kanker, Chhattisgarh”
  • Telugu: “కాంకేర్”
  • Ukrainian: “Канкер”
  • Urdu: “کنکر”
  • Urdu: “کنکیر”
  • Vietnamese: “Kanker”

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