Rajasthan

Rajasthan is a state in the of . It is mainly arid and its western border is adjacent to . The main attractions for travellers are the vast Thar Desert, one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world - the Aravallis - and the Rajput…
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, also known as the Pink City, is the capital of Indian state of Rajasthan, and its largest city. The city was built in the 18th century by Sawai Jai Singh as India's first planned city, and today it's a major tourist attraction for Indians and for international visitors.

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is the second largest city in the state of Rajasthan. It is called the Gateway to Thar, as it is on the edge of the Thar desert. It is also called the Sun City as the sun shines almost every day of the year.

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, in Rajasthan, western , is very popular as a gateway to , and an important Islamic pilgrimage site, the shrine of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.

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The state of Rajasthan is located in the northwestern part of the country. For the administrative purposes the state is divided into 41 districts and 7 divisions.

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, also known as Marwar, comprises the westernmost districts of Rajasthan in . It consists of 6 districts: Balotra, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Pali, Phalodi and Sirohi.

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The state of Rajasthan is located in the northwestern part of the country. For the administrative purposes the state is divided into 41 districts and 7 divisions.

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The state of Rajasthan is located in the northwestern part of the country. For the administrative purposes the state is divided into 41 districts and 7 divisions.

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The state of Rajasthan is located in the northwestern part of the country. For the administrative purposes the state is divided into 41 districts and 7 divisions.

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The state of Rajasthan is located in the northwestern part of the country. For the administrative purposes the state is divided into 41 districts and 7 divisions.

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The state of Rajasthan is located in the northwestern part of the country. For the administrative purposes the state is divided into 41 districts and 7 divisions.

Rajasthan

Latitude of center
26.8106° or 26° 48′ 38″ north
Longitude of center
73.7685° or 73° 46′ 6″ east
Population
68,500,000
Elevation
294 metres (965 feet)
Abbreviation
“RJ”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2240945378
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1258899
Wiki­data ID
Q1437
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Rajasthan” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Rajasthan”
  • Amharic: “ራጀስጣን”
  • Amharic: “ራጃስታን”
  • Angika: “राजस्थान”
  • Arabic: “راجستان”
  • Arabic: “ولاية راجستان”
  • Aragonese: “Rachastán”
  • Armenian: “Ռաջասթան”
  • Armenian: “Ռաջաստան”
  • Assamese: “ৰাজস্থান”
  • Asturian: “Rayastán”
  • Azerbaijani: “Racastan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rajasthan”
  • Balinese: “Rajasthan”
  • Basque: “Rajastan”
  • Basque: “Rajasthan”
  • Belarusian: “Раджастган”
  • Belarusian: “Раджастхан”
  • Bengali: “রাজস্থান”
  • Bhojpuri: “राजस्थान”
  • Bishnupriya: “রাজস্থান”
  • Breton: “Rajasthan”
  • Bulgarian: “Раджастан”
  • Burmese: “ရာဇဌာနပြည်နယ်”
  • Burmese: “ရာဇဌာန်ပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Rajasthan”
  • Cebuano: “State of Rājasthān”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕاجستان”
  • Chechen: “Раджастхан”
  • Chinese: “Rajasthan”
  • Chinese: “拉賈斯坦邦”
  • Chinese: “拉贾斯坦邦”
  • Croatian: “Radžastan”
  • Czech: “Rádžasthán”
  • Danish: “Rajasthan”
  • Dhivehi: “ރާޖަސްތާން”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Racastan”
  • Dotyali: “राजस्थान”
  • Dutch: “Rajasthan”
  • Eastern Mari: “Раджастхан”
  • Esperanto: “Raĝastano”
  • Estonian: “Rajasthan”
  • Estonian: “Rājasthān”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Rajasthan”
  • Finnish: “Rajasthan”
  • French: “Rajasthan”
  • Galician: “Rajasthan”
  • Galician: “Raxastán”
  • Georgian: “რაჯასტანი”
  • German: “Bundesstaat Rajasthan”
  • German: “Rajasthan”
  • Goan Konkani: “Rajasthan”
  • Goan Konkani: “राजस्थान”
  • Greek: “Ρατζαστάν”
  • Greek: “Ράτζασταν”
  • Gujarati: “રાજસ્થાન”
  • Hausa: “Rajasthan”
  • Hebrew: “ראג’סטאן”
  • Hebrew: “ראגסטאן”
  • Hebrew: “רג’סטאן”
  • Hindi: “राजपुताना”
  • Hindi: “राजस्थान”
  • Hungarian: “Rádzsasztán”
  • Icelandic: “Rajasthan”
  • Ido: “Rajasthan”
  • Indonesian: “Rajasthan”
  • Irish: “Rajasthan”
  • Italian: “Rajasthan”
  • Japanese: “ラージャスターン”
  • Japanese: “ラージャスターン州”
  • Javanese: “Rajasthan”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಜಸ್ಥಾನ”
  • Kashmiri: “راجَستھان”
  • Kazakh: “Раджастхан”
  • Kirghiz: “Раджастхан”
  • Komering: “Rajasthan”
  • Korean: “라자스탄 주”
  • Korean: “라자스탄”
  • Korean: “라자스탄주”
  • Ladin: “Rajasthan”
  • Latin: “Rajasthan”
  • Latin: “Rajasthana”
  • Latvian: “Rādžastāna”
  • Lithuanian: “Radžastanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Radžasthanas”
  • Macedonian: “Раџастан”
  • Maithili: “राजस्थान”
  • Malagasy: “Rajasthan”
  • Malay: “Rajasthan”
  • Malayalam: “രാജസ്ഥാൻ”
  • Maltese: “Rajasthan”
  • Manipuri: “ꯔꯖꯥꯁꯊꯥꯟ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯔꯥꯖꯁ꯭ꯊꯥꯟ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯔꯥꯖꯄꯨꯇꯥꯅꯥ”
  • Marathi: “राजस्थान”
  • Mazanderani: “راجستان”
  • Mazanderani: “راجستون”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Rajasthan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rajasthan”
  • Mingrelian: “რაჯასტანი”
  • Mon: “ရာဇဌာန်”
  • Mongolian: “Ражастан”
  • Mongolian: “Ражастхан”
  • Nepali: “राजस्थान”
  • Newari: “राजस्थान”
  • Northern Frisian: “Rajasthaan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Rajasthan”
  • Northern Luri: “راجئستان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rajasthan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rajasthan”
  • Norwegian: “Rajasthan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rajasthan”
  • Oriya: “ରାଜସ୍ଥାନ”
  • Oromo: “Rajasthan”
  • Ossetian: “Раджастан”
  • Pampanga: “Rajasthan”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਾਜਸਥਾਨ”
  • Persian: “راجستان”
  • Polish: “Radżastan”
  • Portuguese: “Rajastão”
  • Pushto: “راجستان”
  • Pushto: “راجستهان”
  • Romanian: “Rajasthan”
  • Russian: “Раджастхан”
  • Sanskrit: “राजस्थानराज्यम्”
  • Santali: “ᱨᱟᱡᱚᱥᱛᱷᱟᱱ”
  • Santali: “ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱯᱩᱛᱟᱱᱟ”
  • Scots: “Rajasthan”
  • Serbian: “Раџастан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Radžastan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rajasthan”
  • Sindhi: “راجستان”
  • Sinhala: “රාජස්තාන්”
  • Slovak: “Radžastan”
  • Slovenian: “Radžastan”
  • Somali: “Rajasthan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “راجستان”
  • Spanish: “Rajastan”
  • Spanish: “Rajastán”
  • Spanish: “Rayastan”
  • Spanish: “Rayastán”
  • Swahili: “Rajasthan”
  • Swedish: “Rajasthan”
  • Tagalog: “Rajasthan”
  • Tajik: “Роҷистон”
  • Tamil: “இராசத்தான்”
  • Tamil: “ராஜஸ்தான்”
  • Tatar: “Раджастан”
  • Tatar: “Раджастхан”
  • Telugu: “రాజస్థాన్”
  • Thai: “รัฐราชสถาน”
  • Tulu: “ರಾಜಸ್ಥಾನ”
  • Turkish: “Racastan”
  • Turkish: “Racasthan”
  • Ukrainian: “Раджастган”
  • Ukrainian: “Раджастхан”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Radźastan”
  • Urdu: “راجستھان”
  • Uzbek: “Rajaston”
  • Uzbek: “Rojasthon”
  • Venetian: “Rajasthan”
  • Vietnamese: “Rajasthan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rajasthan”
  • Welsh: “Rajasthan”
  • Western Frisian: “Radjastan”
  • Western Panjabi: “راجستھان”
  • Wu Chinese: “拉贾斯坦邦”
  • Yiddish: “ראדזשאסטהאן”
  • Yiddish: “ראַדזשאַסטהאַן”
  • Yoruba: “Rajasthan”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉賈斯坦邦”
  • “ma kipisi Lasatan”
  • “ma lili Lasatan”
  • “राजस्थान”

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