Kanpur

Kanpur is the largest city in the state of , . It was known as Cawnpore in colonial times and is a major industrial centre of the .
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  • City with about 4,580,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 130 metres (410 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KNU
  • …was formerly known as “Cawnporne”
  • Description: city in Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Also known as
    “Caunpore”
    “Caunpour”
    “Cawnpoor”
    “Cawnpore”
    “Cawnpour”
    “Cawnpur”
    “Kanhapur”
    “Kanhiyapur”
    “Kannpur”
    “Kanphur”
    “Kānpwr”
    “Karnapur”
    “Katampur”
    “Kawnpore”
    “Khanpore”
    “Leather City of India”
    “Manchester of the East”

Places of Interest

Discover Kanpur Anwarganj railway station and Govindpuri railway station.
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Railway station
Kanpur Anwarganj is the second-largest railway station…
Railway station
Govindpuri Junction or Kanpur South is a railway…
College
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Kanpur

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Latitude
26.4609° or 26° 27′ 39″ north
Longitude
80.3218° or 80° 19′ 18″ east
UN/LOCODE
IN KNU
Open location code
7MR2F86C+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1180652177
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
1267995
Wiki­data ID
Q66568

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kanpur” goes by many names.
KanpurAfrikaans
कानपुरAngika
كانبورArabic
KanpurAragonese
ԿանպուրArmenian
KanpurAsturian
KanpurAzerbaijani
KanpurBalinese
KanpurBasque
КанпурBelarusian
কানপুরBengali
कानपुरBhojpuri
কানপুরBishnupriya
KanpurBreton
КанпурBulgarian
KanpurCatalan
KānpurCebuano
КанпурChechen
坎普尔Chinese
坎普爾Chinese
KanpurCornish
KanpurCroatian
KánpurCzech
KanpurDanish
कानपुरDotyali
KānpurDutch
КанпурEastern Mari
كانبورEgyptian Arabic
KanpurEsperanto
KanpuroEsperanto
KanpurFiji Hindi
KanpurFinnish
CaunpourFrench
CawnpooreFrench
CawnporeFrench
KanhpourFrench
KanpurFrench
KanpurGalician
კანპურიGeorgian
CawnporeGerman
KanpurGerman
ΚανπούρGreek
કાનપુરGujarati
ઢાંચો:Million-plus cities in IndiaGujarati
KanpurHausa
קאנפורHebrew
कानपुरHindi
KánpurHungarian
KanpurIcelandic
KanpurIndonesian
KanpurIrish
KanpurItalian
カーンプルJapanese
KanpurKalaallisut
ಕಾನ್ಪುರKannada
کانپوٗرKashmiri
KampurëKinaray-A
КанперKirghiz
칸푸르Korean
KanpurLadin
KānpuraLatvian
KanpurasLithuanian
कर्णपुरMagahi
कानपुरMagahi
कानपुरMaithili
KanpurMalagasy
KanpurMalay
Kanpur, Kanpur NagarMalay
കാൺപൂർMalayalam
KanpurMaori
कानपूरMarathi
کانپورMazanderani
KanpurMin Nan Chinese
კანპურიMingrelian
КанпурMongolian
कानपुरNepali
कानपुरNewari
KanpurNorthern Frisian
KanpurNorwegian
KanpurNorwegian Bokmål
KanpurOccitan (post 1500)
କାନପୁରOriya
КанпурOssetian
KampuraPampanga
KanpurPampanga
ਕਾਨਪੁਰPanjabi
کان‌پورPersian
KanpurPolish
KanpurPortuguese
کانپورPushto
KanpurRomanian
КанпурRussia Buriat
КанпурRussian
कानपुरम्Sanskrit
ᱠᱟᱱᱯᱩᱨSantali
KanpurScots
КанпурSerbian
කාන්පුර්Sinhala
KanpurSlovenian
KanpurSpanish
KanpurSwahili
KanpurSwedish
KanpurTagalog
KanpurTalysh
கான்பூர்Tamil
КанпурTatar
కాన్పూరుTelugu
กานปุระThai
KanpurTurkish
KanpurTwi
КанпурUkrainian
کان پورUrdu
KanpurUzbek
KanpurVenetian
KanpurVietnamese
KanpurVolapük
KanpurWaray (Philippines)
KanpurWelsh
کانپورWestern Panjabi
坎普尔Wu Chinese
坎浦Yue Chinese

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