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Kumaon

Kumaon or Kumaun is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of the Indian state of , the other being Garhwal. It includes the districts of Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh, and Udham Singh Nagar.

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in is one of the most popular hill stations of India. Photo: Tatiraju.rishabh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

is a hill station in State. was the seat of power of the Chand Dynasty who ruled the land of Kumaon for almost one thousand years. Photo: The Traveling Slacker, CC BY 2.0.

is in the State of in the region of . Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.

is the second most populous city, the largest commercial market in the state of . Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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is a western Himalayan town with a Municipal Board in district in the Indian state of . Photo: Deolalji, CC BY 3.0.

is a town and a municipal board in district in the state of , . Photo: ArmouredCyborg, CC BY-SA 4.0.

is a 1830-metre-high hill station in , . Photo: Mrneutrino, CC BY-SA 3.0.

is a town and a nagar panchayat in in the state of , .

is in Kumaon, , , just 11 km from towards . Photo: Ujala, CC BY-SA 3.0.

is a town and a university campus in , . , , and Kiccha, are the major cities surrounding .

is a suburb of Haldwani city in the Nainital district of state of . Photo: Jay.Here, CC BY-SA 3.0.

is a hill station and Village situated in Bageshwar district in the state of , . Photo: Gaurav Agrawal, CC BY 2.0.

Temples, also referred to as Jageswar Temples or Valley Temples, are a group of over 100 Hindu temples dated between 7th and 12th century near , in the Himalayan Indian state of . Photo: Mayankthapliyal1988, CC BY-SA 3.0.

- also called Drongiri, Dronagiri and Doonagiri - is an area in Kumaon, an incredibly beautiful setting within the magnificent Himalayas.

is one of the most beautiful hill stations in Kumaon in .

is in , . Situated at a little over 2,150m, is a hamlet made famous by Jim Corbett who penned the novel The Man Eaters of Kumaon about tigers and leopards. Photo: Ashish.sadh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wildlife Sanctuary is an Indian wildlife sanctuary.Binsar was the summer capital of the Chand Kings, who ruled over Kumaon from the 11th to 18th centuries AD. Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Munsiyari is the name of the sub-division headquarters, a conglomeration of revenue villages and it also refers to the entire region as Munsiyari Tehsil and Sub Division in the Pithoragarh District in the hill-state of , .

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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Based on the page Kumaon. See this page's contributions. Photo: Gaurav Agrawal, CC BY 2.0.