Marathwada
Aurangabad District
Paithan

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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Jayakwadi Dam.

Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an earthen dam located on Godavari river at the site of Jayakwadi village in Paithan taluka of , , .

Paithan

Latitude
19.4734° or 19° 28′ 24″ north
Longitude
75.3868° or 75° 23′ 13″ east
Population
41,500
Elevation
445 metres (1,460 feet)
Open location code
7JFQF9FP+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5925895157
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1260833
Wiki­data ID
Q2445534
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Satellite Map

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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: “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: “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: “పైథాన్”
  • Ukrainian: “Пайтган”
  • Urdu: “پئے ٹھن”
  • Vietnamese: “Paithan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Paithan”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.