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Punjab

Punjab is a state in Northwestern , bordering and to the northeast and north respectively, and , and to the southeast, south and southwest respectively.
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is a city in the state of Punjab, . It is the holiest city in the Sikh religion. is one of the largest cities in the Indian state of Punjab and is the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh religion.

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is an important industrial town in Punjab. It lies on the banks of the Sutlej river. It is also one of the cities on the historic Grand Trunk Road that formed an important trade route. It is around 100 km from and 140 km from .

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is a city in Punjab, India. is now industrial center with leather goods and sport equipments being the big earners. This is a good place to share Punjabi people passion for foods.

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is in the Punjab state of . It roughly covers the area between the Sutlej River in the north and the Ghaggar River, which flows along the border, in the south.

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is a region of the state of Punjab, in . It is an area between the rivers Ravi and Beas which consists of the 3 districts of Gurdaspur, , and Tarn Taran.

is in the state of Punjab, . It is an area that lies between the Beas River and the Satluj River and it consists of the districts of Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr.

is a city in the South-western part of state of Punjab, . It serves as the headquarters for both the . as well as the Division.

Punjab

Latitude of center
30.9293° or 30° 55′ 46″ north
Longitude of center
75.5005° or 75° 30′ 2″ east
Population
27,700,000
Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)
Abbreviation
“PB”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2240945375
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1259223
Wiki­data ID
Q22424
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Punjab” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Punjab”
  • Afrikaans: “Punjab, Indië”
  • Amharic: “ፐንጃብ፣ ሕንድ”
  • Angika: “पंजाब”
  • Arabic: “البنجاب”
  • Arabic: “بنجاب”
  • Aragonese: “Panchab (India)”
  • Aragonese: “Panchab”
  • Armenian: “Փենջաբ”
  • Assamese: “পঞ্জাব, ভাৰত”
  • Assamese: “পঞ্জাব”
  • Assamese: “পাঞ্জাব”
  • Asturian: “Panyab”
  • Awadhi: “पंजाब”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pəncab ştatı”
  • Balinese: “Punjab, India”
  • Basque: “Punjab”
  • Belarusian: “Панджаб”
  • Belarusian: “Пенджаб”
  • Belarusian: “Пэнджаб”
  • Belarusian: “Штат Пенджаб”
  • Bengali: “পাঞ্জাব, ভারত”
  • Bengali: “পাঞ্জাব”
  • Bhojpuri: “𑂣𑂁𑂔𑂰𑂥”
  • Bishnupriya: “পাঞ্জাব”
  • Bosnian: “Punjab”
  • Breton: “Panjab”
  • Bulgarian: “Пенджаб”
  • Catalan: “Panjab”
  • Cebuano: “State of Punjab”
  • Central Kurdish: “پەنجاب، ھیند”
  • Chechen: “Пенджаб”
  • Chinese: “Punjab”
  • Chinese: “旁遮普”
  • Chinese: “旁遮普邦”
  • Croatian: “Punjab”
  • Czech: “Paňdžáb”
  • Danish: “Punjab”
  • Dhivehi: “ޕަންޖާބު”
  • Dotyali: “पञ्जाब”
  • Dutch: “Punjab”
  • Esperanto: “Panĝabio”
  • Esperanto: “Panĝabo”
  • Estonian: “Pandžab”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Punjab”
  • Finnish: “Punjab”
  • French: “État du Pendjab”
  • French: “Pendjab”
  • French: “Penjab”
  • Galician: “Panjab”
  • Galician: “Panxab, India”
  • Galician: “Panxab”
  • Galician: “Punjab”
  • Galician: “Punxab”
  • Georgian: “პენჯაბი”
  • Georgian: “პენჯაბის შტატი”
  • German: “Punjab”
  • Goan Konkani: “Panjab”
  • Goan Konkani: “पंजाब”
  • Greek: “Παντζάμπ”
  • Gujarati: “પંજાબ, ભારત”
  • Gujarati: “પંજાબ”
  • Hausa: “Punjab (Indiya)”
  • Hausa: “Punjab”
  • Hebrew: “פנג’אב”
  • Hebrew: “פנגאב”
  • Hindi: “पंजाब, भारत”
  • Hindi: “पंजाब”
  • Hindi: “पञ्जाब”
  • Hindi: “पांच नदियों की भूमि”
  • Hungarian: “Pandzsáb”
  • Icelandic: “Púnjab”
  • Indonesian: “Negara Bagian Punjab”
  • Indonesian: “Negeri Lima Sungai”
  • Indonesian: “Punjab Timur”
  • Indonesian: “Punjab, India”
  • Indonesian: “Punjab”
  • Interlingua: “Stato Punjab”
  • Italian: “Punjab”
  • Japanese: “パンジャーブ”
  • Japanese: “パンジャーブ州”
  • Kannada: “ಪಂಜಾಬ್”
  • Kashmiri: “پنجاب”
  • Kashmiri: “پَنٛجاب”
  • Komering: “Punjab, India”
  • Korean: “펀자브 주”
  • Korean: “펀자브”
  • Korean: “펀자브주”
  • Ladin: “Punjab (India)”
  • Ladin: “Punjab”
  • Latin: “Panjaba”
  • Latin: “Pengabum”
  • Latvian: “Pendžāba”
  • Lithuanian: “Pandžabas”
  • Macedonian: “Пенџаб”
  • Maithili: “पंजाब”
  • Maithili: “पञ्जाब, भारत”
  • Maithili: “पन्जाब”
  • Malagasy: “Punjab, India”
  • Malagasy: “Punjab”
  • Malay: “Punjab”
  • Malayalam: “പഞ്ചാബ്, ഇന്ത്യ”
  • Malayalam: “പഞ്ചാബ്”
  • Marathi: “पंजाब”
  • Mazanderani: “هند پنجاب”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Punjab (Éng-dô)”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Punjab”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Punjab”
  • Mingrelian: “პენჯაბიშ შტატი”
  • Mongolian: “Панжаб”
  • Nepali: “पञ्जाब”
  • Nepali: “पन्जाब, भारत”
  • Newari: “पञ्जाब राज्य, भारत”
  • Newari: “पञ्जाब राज्य”
  • Newari: “पञ्जाब”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pandjab”
  • Northern Frisian: “Punjab”
  • Northern Luri: “پأنجئو”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Punjab”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Panjab i India”
  • Norwegian: “Punjab”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Panjab”
  • Oriya: “ପଞ୍ଜାବ, ଭାରତ”
  • Oriya: “ପଞ୍ଜାବ”
  • Ossetian: “Пенджаб (Инди)”
  • Ossetian: “Пенджаб”
  • Pampanga: “Punjab”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੰਜ ਦਰਿਆਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਧਰਤੀ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੰਜਾਬ ਰਾਜ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੰਜਾਬ, ਭਾਰਤ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੰਜਾਬ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੂਰਬੀ ਪੰਜਾਬ”
  • Persian: “ایالت پنجاب”
  • Persian: “پنجاب”
  • Polish: “Pendżab”
  • Portuguese: “Panjabe”
  • Portuguese: “Punjab”
  • Pushto: “پنجاب، هند”
  • Pushto: “پنجاب”
  • Romanian: “Punjab”
  • Russian: “Пенджаб”
  • Sanskrit: “पञ्चनदीनां भूमिः”
  • Sanskrit: “पञ्चापराज्यम्”
  • Sanskrit: “पञ्जाब, भारतम्”
  • Sanskrit: “पञ्जाब”
  • Sanskrit: “पञ्जाबराज्यम्”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱚᱧᱡᱟᱵᱽ”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱟᱧᱡᱟᱵᱽ, ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ”
  • Scots: “Punjab, Indie”
  • Scots: “Punjab”
  • Serbian: “Панџаб”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pandžab”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Punjab”
  • Sindhi: “پنجاب، ڀارت”
  • Sindhi: “پنجاب”
  • Sinhala: “පන්ජාබය, ඉන්දියාව”
  • Slovak: “Pandžáb”
  • Slovenian: “Pandžab, Indija”
  • Slovenian: “Pandžab”
  • Slovenian: “Punjab”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پنجاب”
  • Spanish: “Punyab, India”
  • Spanish: “Punyab”
  • Swahili: “Punjab”
  • Swedish: “Punjab”
  • Tagalog: “Punjab, India”
  • Tajik: “Панҷоб”
  • Tamil: “பஞ்சாப்”
  • Tatar: “Пәнҗаб”
  • Telugu: “పంజాబ్”
  • Thai: “รัฐปัญจาบ”
  • Tibetan: “པན་ཇབ།”
  • Tulu: “ಪಂಜಾಬ್”
  • Turkish: “Pencap, Hindistan”
  • Turkish: “Pencap”
  • Ukrainian: “Пенджаб”
  • Urdu: “پنجاب، بھارت”
  • Urdu: “پنجاب”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی پنجاب”
  • Uzbek: “Panjob”
  • Venetian: “Punjab”
  • Vietnamese: “Punjab, Ấn Độ”
  • Vietnamese: “Punjab”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Punjab”
  • Welsh: “Punjab”
  • Western Panjabi: “پنجاب، بھارت”
  • Western Panjabi: “پنجاب”
  • Western Panjabi: “چڑھدا پنجاب”
  • Western Panjabi: “مشرقی پنجاب”
  • Wu Chinese: “旁遮普邦”
  • Yoruba: “Punjab”
  • Yue Chinese: “旁遮普邦”
  • “पंजाब”

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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 “Punjab”. Photo: Hshook, CC BY-SA 4.0.