Umerkot

Umerkot is a historical town in southeastern Sindh. It is largely known for its gigantic historical fort and being the birthplace of Mughal emperor Akbar the Great, the location of which is marked by a monument.
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  • Type: City with 134,000 residents
  • Description: city in Sindh, Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Amarkot”, “Umarkot”, and “عُمَركوٹ‎”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Umarkot Fort.

Fort
Photo: Saqib, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also called Amarkot, is a fort in Umerkot, , Pakistan, built in the Rajput style of architecture.

Umerkot

Latitude
25.3655° or 25° 21′ 56″ north
Longitude
69.7401° or 69° 44′ 25″ east
Population
134,000
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
7JQF9P8R+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 767462154
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1162959
Wiki­data ID
Q2625910
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Umerkot” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عمركوت”
  • Asturian: “Umerkot”
  • Belarusian: “Умеркот”
  • Catalan: “Umarkot”
  • Catalan: “Umerkot”
  • Chinese: “欧迈尔果德”
  • Chinese: “歐邁爾果德”
  • Dutch: “Umerkot (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Umerkot”
  • Esperanto: “Umerkot”
  • Finnish: “Umerkot”
  • French: “Umarkot”
  • French: “Umerkot”
  • Georgian: “უმერკოტი”
  • German: “Umerkot”
  • Greek: “Ουμαρκότ”
  • Gujarati: “ઉમરકોટ”
  • Hindi: “उमरकोट”
  • Italian: “Amarkot”
  • Japanese: “ウマルコート”
  • Kannada: “ಉಮರ್ಕೋಟ್”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Umerkot”
  • Norwegian: “Umerkot”
  • Persian: “عمرکوت”
  • Polish: “Umarkot”
  • Russian: “Умеркот”
  • Sindhi: “عمرڪوٽ”
  • Spanish: “Umerkot”
  • Swedish: “Umerkot”
  • Tamil: “அமர்கோட்”
  • Tamil: “உமர்கோட்”
  • Ukrainian: “Умеркот”
  • Urdu: “امرڪوٽ”
  • Urdu: “عمر کوٹ”
  • Urdu: “عمرکوٹ”
  • Western Panjabi: “عمرکوٹ”

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