Munger

Munger is a town in , once called Monghyr in colonial times. Historically, Munger is known for its manufacturing of iron articles such as firearms and swords. It is the ancient city of Mahabharata legend Karna, the eldest son of Kunti and Sun Lord.
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  • Type: City with 213,000 residents
  • Description: City in Bihar, India
  • Also known as: “Mongheer”, “Monghir”, “Monghyr”, “Munghir”, “Munghyr”, “Mungir”, and “मुंगेर जिला”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Munger railway station.

Railway station
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Munger

Latitude
25.3774° or 25° 22′ 39″ north
Longitude
86.4731° or 86° 28′ 23″ east
Population
213,000
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IN MUG
Open location code
7MQ89FGF+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1677413832
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1262482
Wiki­data ID
Q36796
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In Other Languages

From Angika to Western Panjabi—“Munger” goes by many names.
  • Angika: “मुंगेर”
  • Arabic: “مونجر”
  • Asturian: “Munger”
  • Bengali: “মুঙ্গের”
  • Bhojpuri: “मुँगेर”
  • Bishnupriya: “মুঙ্গার”
  • Catalan: “Monghyr”
  • Cebuano: “Munger”
  • Chinese: “蒙格埃尔”
  • Danish: “Munger”
  • Dutch: “Munger”
  • Esperanto: “Monger”
  • Finnish: “Munger”
  • French: “Munger”
  • German: “Munger”
  • Greek: “Μάνγκερ”
  • Gujarati: “મુંગેર”
  • Hausa: “Munger”
  • Hebrew: “מונגר”
  • Hindi: “मुंगेर”
  • Indonesian: “Munger”
  • Italian: “Munger”
  • Japanese: “ムンゲール”
  • Kannada: “ಮುಂಗರ್”
  • Kannada: “ಮುಂಗೇರ್”
  • Korean: “멍거”
  • Latvian: “Mungera”
  • Lithuanian: “Mangeris”
  • Magahi: “मुङ्गेर”
  • Maithili: “मुँगेर”
  • Malagasy: “Munger”
  • Malay: “Munger”
  • Malayalam: “മുംഗർ”
  • Marathi: “मुंगेर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Munger”
  • Newari: “मुंगेर”
  • Newari: “मुन्गेर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Munger”
  • Norwegian: “Munger”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Munger”
  • Oriya: “Munger”
  • Oriya: “ମୁଙ୍ଗେର୍”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੁੰਗੇਰ”
  • Persian: “مونگر”
  • Polish: “Munger”
  • Portuguese: “Munger”
  • Russian: “Мангер”
  • Russian: “Мунгер”
  • Sanskrit: “मुंगेर”
  • Sanskrit: “मुङ्गेर”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱩᱝᱜᱮᱨ”
  • Serbian: “Мунгер”
  • Sinhala: “මන්ගර්”
  • Spanish: “Munger”
  • Swedish: “Munger”
  • Tagalog: “Munger”
  • Tamil: “முங்கேர்”
  • Tamil: “முன்கேர்”
  • Telugu: “ముంగేర్”
  • Thai: “มุนเคอร์”
  • Turkish: “Munger”
  • Ukrainian: “Мунґер”
  • Urdu: “مونگیر”
  • Venetian: “Munger”
  • Vietnamese: “Munger”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Munger”
  • Western Panjabi: “مونگیر”
  • “मुँगेर”

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