Karnataka

Karnataka, a state in , stretches from and in the north to and in the south. It has a coastal region with numerous coconut trees and beautiful beaches and an interior with mountains, valleys and farmlands.
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, also known as Bengaluru or BLR for short, is the capital of the state of Karnataka. It is a large, cosmopolitan city with a large working population.

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or Mysuru is the second-most populous city of the state of Karnataka after . It was the capital of the Wodeyar dynasty and is considered to be the cultural capital of Karnataka.

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or Mangaluru, in the coastal region of Karnataka, is a blend of new and old. With the increasing influx of students from various states of and different parts of the world, has become a "melting pot" of cultures, given the…

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The Mysore region is a region that is part of Karnataka state in southern India. It forms approximately the southern half of the non-coastal areas of that state.

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is Karnataka's coastal region. It is the transitional zone between and coasts. It consists of the districts of , and .

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Belagavi division, formerly Belgaum division, is one of the four divisions of Indian state of Karnataka. The region is also called as Kitturu Karnataka.

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The Southeastern region of Karnataka covers the region surrounding , including districts like Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South, Chikkaballapura, Chitradurga, Kolar and Tumakuru.

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or Kalyana Karnataka is a region of Karnataka. It is home to the stunning religious and archeological site of , capital of the Vijayanagara Empire.

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is a region in Karnataka, acting as a bridge between South Karnataka and North Karnataka.
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Karnataka

Latitude of center
14.5935° or 14° 35′ 37″ north
Longitude of center
75.7178° or 75° 43′ 4″ east
Population
61,100,000
Elevation
554 metres (1,818 feet)
Abbreviation
“KA”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13395044030
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1267701
Wiki­data ID
Q1185
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Karnataka” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Karnataka”
  • Afrikaans: “Karnataka”
  • Albanian: “Karnataka”
  • Amharic: “ካርናተከ”
  • Amharic: “ካርናታካ”
  • Angika: “कर्नाटक”
  • Arabic: “كارناتاكا”
  • Arabic: “كرناتك”
  • Arabic: “كَرْنَاتَكُ”
  • Aragonese: “Karnataka”
  • Armenian: “Կառնատակա”
  • Assamese: “কৰ্ণাটক”
  • Asturian: “Karnataka”
  • Awadhi: “कर्नाटक”
  • Azerbaijani: “Karnataka”
  • Balinese: “Karnataka”
  • Basque: “Karnataka”
  • Bavarian: “Karnataka”
  • Belarusian: “Карнатака”
  • Bengali: “কর্ণাটক”
  • Bhojpuri: “कर्नाटक”
  • Bishnupriya: “কর্ণাটক”
  • Breton: “Karnataka”
  • Bulgarian: “Карнатака”
  • Burmese: “ကရဏာဋကပြည်နယ်”
  • Burmese: “ကာနာတာကာပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Karnataka”
  • Catalan: “Karnataka”
  • Cebuano: “State of Karnātaka”
  • Central Bikol: “Karnataka”
  • Central Kurdish: “کارناتاکا”
  • Chechen: “Карнатака”
  • Chinese: “Karnataka”
  • Chinese: “卡納塔克邦”
  • Chinese: “卡纳塔克邦”
  • Croatian: “Karnataka”
  • Czech: “Karnátaka”
  • Danish: “Karnataka”
  • Dhivehi: “ކަރްނާޓަކާ”
  • Dotyali: “कर्नाटक”
  • Dutch: “Karnataka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كارناتاكا”
  • Esperanto: “Karnatako”
  • Estonian: “Karnataka”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Karnataka”
  • Finnish: “Karnataka”
  • French: “Karnataka”
  • Galician: “Karnataka”
  • Georgian: “კარნატაკა”
  • German: “Bundesstaat Karnataka”
  • German: “Karnataka”
  • Goan Konkani: “Kornattok”
  • Goan Konkani: “कर्नाटक”
  • Greek: “Καρνάτακα”
  • Gujarati: “કર્ણાટક”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Karnataka”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khà-na̍p-thap-khiet-pâng”
  • Hausa: “Karnataka”
  • Hebrew: “קרנאטקה”
  • Hebrew: “קרנטקה”
  • Hindi: “कर्नाटक”
  • Hungarian: “Karnátaka”
  • Icelandic: “Karnataka”
  • Ido: “Karnataka”
  • Indonesian: “Karnataka”
  • Irish: “Karnataka”
  • Italian: “Karnataka”
  • Japanese: “カルナータカ”
  • Japanese: “カルナータカ州”
  • Javanese: “Karnataka”
  • Kannada: “ಕರುನಾಡು”
  • Kannada: “ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ”
  • Kashmiri: “کرناٹک”
  • Kashmiri: “کَرناٹَک”
  • Kazakh: “Карнатака”
  • Kirghiz: “Карнатака”
  • Komering: “Karnataka”
  • Korean: “카르나타카 주”
  • Korean: “카르나타카”
  • Korean: “카르나타카주”
  • Ladin: “Karnataka”
  • Latin: “Carnatica”
  • Latvian: “Karnātaka”
  • Lithuanian: “Karnataka”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Karnataka”
  • Macedonian: “Карнатака”
  • Maithili: “कर्नाटक”
  • Maithili: “कर्नाटका”
  • Malagasy: “Karnataka”
  • Malay: “Karnataka”
  • Malayalam: “കന്നടനാട്”
  • Malayalam: “കർണാടക”
  • Marathi: “कर्नाटक”
  • Mazanderani: “کارناتاکا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Karnataka”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Karnataka”
  • Mingrelian: “კარნატაკა”
  • Mongolian: “Карнатака”
  • Nepali: “कर्नाटक”
  • Newari: “कर्नाटक”
  • Northern Frisian: “Karnataka”
  • Northern Luri: “کارناتاکا”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karnataka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karnataka”
  • Norwegian: “Karnataka”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Karnataka”
  • Oriya: “କର୍ଣ୍ଣାଟକ”
  • Oromo: “Karnataka”
  • Ossetian: “Карнатакæ”
  • Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928): “كرناتك”
  • Pampanga: “Karnataka”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਰਨਾਟਕ”
  • Persian: “کارناتاکا”
  • Persian: “کرناتک”
  • Persian: “کرناتکه”
  • Polish: “Karnataka”
  • Portuguese: “Carnataca”
  • Portuguese: “Karnataka”
  • Pushto: “کارناتاکا”
  • Pushto: “کرناټک”
  • Romanian: “Karnataka”
  • Russian: “Карнатака”
  • Sanskrit: “कर्णाटकराज्यम्”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱚᱨᱱᱟᱴᱚᱠ”
  • Scots: “Karnataka”
  • Serbian: “Карнатака”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Karnataka”
  • Sindhi: “ڪرناٽڪا”
  • Sinhala: “කමටකා”
  • Slovak: “Karnátaka”
  • Slovenian: “Karnataka”
  • Somali: “Karnataka”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کارناتاکا”
  • Spanish: “Karnataka”
  • Swahili: “Karnataka”
  • Swedish: “Karnataka”
  • Sylheti: “ꠇꠘꠠ ꠞꠣꠁꠎ꠆ꠎꠅ”
  • Sylheti: “ꠇꠞꠘꠣꠐꠇ ꠞꠣꠁꠎ꠆ꠎ”
  • Tagalog: “Karnataka”
  • Tajik: “Карнатака”
  • Tajik: “Карнотако”
  • Tamil: “கருநாடகம்”
  • Tamil: “கர்நாடகா”
  • Tatar: “Карнатака”
  • Telugu: “కర్ణాటక”
  • Telugu: “కర్నాటక”
  • Thai: “รัฐกรณาฏกะ”
  • Tibetan: “ཁར་ན་ཀྲ་ཁཱ།”
  • Tulu: “ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ”
  • Turkish: “Karnataka”
  • Ukrainian: “Карнатака”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Karnataka”
  • Urdu: “کرناٹک”
  • Uzbek: “Karnataka”
  • Venetian: “Karnataka”
  • Vietnamese: “Karnataka”
  • Volapük: “Karnataka”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Karnataka”
  • Welsh: “Karnataka”
  • Western Frisian: “Karnataka”
  • Western Panjabi: “کرناٹک”
  • Wu Chinese: “卡纳塔克邦”
  • Yiddish: “קארנאטאקא”
  • Yiddish: “קאַרנאַטאַקאַ”
  • Yoruba: “Karnataka”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡納塔克邦”
  • “ma kipisi Kanataka”
  • “ma lili Kanataka”
  • “कर्नाटक”

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