Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, until 2007 known as Uttaranchal, is a stunningly beautiful state in the of .
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is the provisional capital of Uttarakhand state. It is nestled between the Himalayan foothills to the north and the Shivaliks to the south. The town offers breathtaking scenery.

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, also spelt Hardwar, is a Hindu pilgrimage site at the Ganges River, in the state of Uttarakhand.

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is a small town in the northern state of Uttarakhand, . Scenically located where the Ganges River comes down from the Himalayas, catapulted to Western fame when the Beatles dropped by for a visit to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram.

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is one of two major regions of Uttarakhand. is the more easily accessible northern and western part of Uttarakhand and borders .

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is a revenue and administrative division in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It spans over the eastern half of the state and is bounded on the north by , on the east by , on the south by the state of , and on the west by Garhwal Division.
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Uttarakhand

Latitude of center
30.0417° or 30° 2′ 30″ north
Longitude of center
79.0897° or 79° 5′ 23″ east
Population
10,100,000
Elevation
1,005 metres (3,297 feet)
Abbreviation
“UT”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2240945388
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1444366
Wiki­data ID
Q1499
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Uttarakhand” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Uttarakhand”
  • Albanian: “Uttarakand”
  • Amharic: “ኡተራኸንድ”
  • Angika: “उत्तराखण्ड”
  • Arabic: “أتراكند”
  • Arabic: “أُتَّرَاكَنْدُ”
  • Arabic: “أترنجل”
  • Arabic: “أُتَّرَنْجَلُ”
  • Aragonese: “Uttarakhand”
  • Armenian: “Ուտարկխանդ”
  • Assamese: “উত্তৰাখণ্ড”
  • Asturian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Awadhi: “उत्तराखण्ड”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uttarakhand”
  • Balinese: “Uttarakhand”
  • Basque: “Uttarakhand”
  • Belarusian: “Утаракганд”
  • Belarusian: “Утаракханд”
  • Bengali: “উত্তরাখণ্ড”
  • Bhojpuri: “उत्तराखण्ड”
  • Bishnupriya: “উত্তরাখন্ড”
  • Bishnupriya: “উত্তরাঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Uttarakhand”
  • Bulgarian: “Утаракханд”
  • Bulgarian: “Утаранчал”
  • Catalan: “Uttarakhand”
  • Cebuano: “State of Uttarakhand”
  • Chechen: “Уттаракханд”
  • Chinese: “Uttarakhand”
  • Chinese: “乌塔兰契尔邦”
  • Chinese: “乌塔拉坎德邦”
  • Chinese: “北安恰尔邦”
  • Chinese: “北安查尔邦”
  • Chinese: “北安查爾邦”
  • Chinese: “北阿坎德邦”
  • Chinese: “北阿肯德邦”
  • Chinese: “烏塔蘭契爾邦”
  • Chinese: “烏多安查”
  • Croatian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Czech: “Uttarákhand”
  • Danish: “Uttarakhand”
  • Dhivehi: “އުއްތަރުކަންދު”
  • Dotyali: “उत्तराखण्ड”
  • Dutch: “Uttarakhand”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوتاراخند”
  • Esperanto: “Utarakando”
  • Estonian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Uttarakhand”
  • Finnish: “Uttarakhand”
  • French: “Uttarakhand”
  • Galician: “Uttarakhand”
  • Georgian: “უტარაკჰანდი”
  • German: “Uttarakhand”
  • Goan Konkani: “Ut’taranchal”
  • Goan Konkani: “उत्तरांचल”
  • Greek: “Ουταράχαντ”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તરાખંડ”
  • Hausa: “Uttarakhand”
  • Hebrew: “אוטאראקאנד”
  • Hebrew: “אוטראקהאנד”
  • Hindi: “उत्तराखंड”
  • Hindi: “उत्तराखण्ड”
  • Hindi: “उत्तराञ्चल”
  • Hungarian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Hungarian: “Uttaráncsal”
  • Icelandic: “Uttarakhand”
  • Indonesian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Irish: “Uttarakhand”
  • Italian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Japanese: “ウッタラーカンド州”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರಖಂಡ”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರಾಖಂಡ”
  • Kashmiri: “وۄتٕراکھَنٛڈ”
  • Korean: “우타라칸드주”
  • Korean: “우타르칸드”
  • Ladin: “Uttarakhand”
  • Latin: “Uttarakhand”
  • Latin: “Uttarakhanda”
  • Latvian: “Utarakhanda”
  • Latvian: “Utarančala”
  • Lithuanian: “Utarakhandas”
  • Macedonian: “Утараканд”
  • Maithili: “उत्तरा खण्ड”
  • Maithili: “उत्तराखण्ड”
  • Malagasy: “Uttarakhand”
  • Malay: “Uttarakhand”
  • Malayalam: “ഉത്തരാഖണ്ഡ്”
  • Manipuri: “ꯎꯠꯇꯔꯈꯟ”
  • Marathi: “उत्तराखंड”
  • Mazanderani: “اوتاراکند”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Uttarakhand”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Uttarakhand”
  • Mingrelian: “უტარაკჰანდი”
  • Mongolian: “Уттараканд”
  • Mongolian: “Уттаракханд”
  • Neapolitan: “Taragand”
  • Nepali: “उत्तराखण्ड”
  • Newari: “उत्तराखण्ड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Northern Luri: “ئوتاراکأند”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Uttarakhand”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Uttarakhand”
  • Norwegian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Uttarakhand”
  • Oriya: “ଉତ୍ତରାଖଣ୍ଡ”
  • Ossetian: “Уттаракханд”
  • Pampanga: “Uttarakhand”
  • Panjabi: “ਉਤਰਾਖੰਡ”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰਾਖੰਡ”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰਾਂਚਲ”
  • Persian: “اتراکند”
  • Persian: “اوتاراکند”
  • Polish: “Uttarakhand”
  • Portuguese: “Utaracanda”
  • Portuguese: “Uttarakhand”
  • Portuguese: “Uttaranchal”
  • Pushto: “اتر کنډ”
  • Romanian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Russian: “Уттаракханд”
  • Russian: “Уттаранчал”
  • Sanskrit: “उत्तराखण्डराज्यम्”
  • Sanskrit: “उत्तराञ्चलः”
  • Santali: “ᱩᱛᱛᱚᱨᱟᱝᱪᱚᱞ”
  • Santali: “ᱩᱛᱛᱚᱨᱟᱠᱷᱚᱸᱰ”
  • Saraiki: “اترا کھنڈ”
  • Scots: “Uttarakhand”
  • Serbian: “Утараканд”
  • Serbian: “Утараханд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Utarakand”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Sindhi: “اتراکنڊ”
  • Sinhala: “උත්තරාකන්ඩ් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “උත්තරාඛණ්ඩ් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “උත්තරාඛණ්ඩ්”
  • Slovak: “Uttarákhand”
  • Slovenian: “Utarakhand”
  • Slovenian: “Utarančal”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوتاراکند”
  • Spanish: “Uttarakhand”
  • Swahili: “Uttarakhand”
  • Swedish: “Uttarakhand”
  • Tagalog: “Uttarakhand”
  • Tajik: “Уттаранчал”
  • Tamil: “உத்தரகண்ட்”
  • Tamil: “உத்தராகண்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Уттаракһанд”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తరాఖండ్”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తరాంచల్”
  • Thai: “รัฐอุตตราขัณฑ์”
  • Tulu: “ಉತ್ತರಾಖಂಡ”
  • Turkish: “Uttarakhand”
  • Ukrainian: “Уттаракханд”
  • Urdu: “اتر کھنڈ”
  • Urdu: “اتراکھنڈ”
  • Urdu: “اترکھنڈ”
  • Venetian: “Uttarakhand”
  • Vietnamese: “Uttarakhand”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Uttarakhand”
  • Welsh: “Uttarakhand”
  • Western Panjabi: “اُتّراکھنڈ”
  • Western Panjabi: “اترکھنڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “北阿坎德邦”
  • Yiddish: “אוטאראקהאנד”
  • Yiddish: “אוטאַראַקהאַנד”
  • Yoruba: “Uttarakhand”
  • Yue Chinese: “北阿坎德邦”
  • “उत्तराखंड”

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