Paithan

Paithan is a city in the region of . Paithani is 56 km south of Aurangabad on the banks of Godavari River. It was known in the ancient times as 'Pratishthan', the capital city of Satavahana dynasty and major hub of commerce at that time.
  • Town with 41,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 445 metres (1,460 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Aurangabad District, Aurangabad Division, Maharashtra, India

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jayakwadi Dam.
is an earthen dam located on Godavari…

Paithan

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Latitude
19.4734° or 19° 28′ 24″ north
Longitude
75.3868° or 75° 23′ 13″ east
Open location code
7JFQF9FP+8P
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Paithan” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “পৈঠান”
  • Bishnupriya: “পাইথান”
  • Bulgarian: “Паитхан”
  • Catalan: “Paithan”
  • Cebuano: “Paithan”
  • Chinese: “派坦”
  • Dutch: “Paithan”
  • French: “Paithan”
  • German: “Paithan”
  • Gujarati: “પેથીન”
  • Hebrew: “פאיתן”
  • Hindi: “पैठण”
  • Irish: “Paithan”
  • Italian: “Paithan”
  • Japanese: “パイタン”
  • Japanese: “プラティシュタナ”
  • Kannada: “ಪೈಠಣ್”
  • Kannada: “ಪೈಥಾನ್”
  • Korean: “파이탄”
  • Malagasy: “Paithan”
  • Malay: “Paithan”
  • Marathi: “पैठण”
  • Marathi: “प्रतिष्ठान”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Paithan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Paithan”
  • Norwegian: “Paithan”
  • Oriya: “Paithan”
  • Oriya: “ପାଇଥାନ”
  • Persian: “پیتان”
  • Portuguese: “Paithan”
  • Russian: “Пайтхан”
  • Spanish: “Paithan”
  • Swedish: “Paithan”
  • Tamil: “பைத்தான் நகரம்”
  • Tamil: “பைத்தான்”
  • Telugu: “పైఠణ్”
  • Telugu: “పైథాన్”
  • Ukrainian: “Пайтган”
  • Urdu: “پئے ٹھن”
  • Vietnamese: “Paithan”

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