Manek Chowk

Manek Chowk Manek Chowk is a prominent city square located in Old Ahmedabad, . Surrounded by historical structures, it serves as a vegetable market in the morning, a bullion market in the noon, and transforms into a vibrant street food market at night.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: prominent city square in Ahmedabad, India
  • Also known as: “Manek Chowk (Ahmedabad)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ahmad Shah’s Tomb and Teen Darwaza.

Photo: Tejaherwal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ahmad Shah's Tomb, locally known as Badshah no Hajiro or Raja no Hajiro, is a medieval mosque and the group of tombs in , India. Ahmad Shah's tomb is situated close to Jama Mosque and Manek Chowk.

City gate
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is a historical on the east of , , . Completed in 1415, it is associated with historical as well as legendary events. The gates are featured in the logo of .

Government office
was established in July 1950 under the Bombay Provincial Corporation Act, and is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Zone and Ahmedabad.

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Ahmedabad is the core of the metropolitan city of . It consists of the areas of Shahpur, Dariapur, Jamalpur, Khadia, Asarwa and Shahibaug. The old walled city of Ahmedabad was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.

Photo: Hardik jadeja, Public domain.
is the seventh largest city in with a population of 8.5 million. Although it is the commercial hub of one of the most prosperous states of India, , it's not the state capital, which is its twin city of , 30 km to the north.

Suburb
is a city and a notified area in in the state of . is part of the Jamalpur-Khadia constituency and it is a Muslim-dominated area.

Manek Chowk

Latitude
23.02318° or 23° 1′ 23″ north
Longitude
72.58895° or 72° 35′ 20″ east
Open location code
7JMJ2HFQ+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4486513046
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q21682578
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Satellite Map

Discover Manek Chowk from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Hindi—“Manek Chowk” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Manek Chowk (Ahmedabad)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مانيك شوك”
  • French: “Manek Chowk (Ahmedabad)”
  • German: “Manek Chowk (Ahmedabad)”
  • Gujarati: “માણેક ચોક”
  • Hindi: “मानेक चौक, अहमदाबाद”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Stock Market and fruit and vegetable market.

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