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Vellore

Vellore

Vellore is a city of 505,000 people in , . Visitors are drawn by its large 16th-century fort, which is known for its grand ramparts, wide moat and robust masonry.
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  • Type: City with 186,000 residents
  • Description: city in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Velluru” and “Velu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vellore Fort and Christian Medical College Vellore.

Photo: Ssriram mt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a large 16th-century fort situated in heart of the Vellore city, in the state of , built by the Emperors of Vijayanagara.

Hospital
Photo: Lubap, CC BY 3.0.
Christian Medical College, Vellore, widely known as CMC, Vellore, is a private, Christian minority community-run medical college and hospital in Vellore, , .

Railway station
Vellore Cantonment is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station that serves the city of Vellore, in addition to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sathuvachari.

Suburb
is an area and Zone-II headquarters of Vellore Municipal Corporation. It is located in the east of Vellore city. It is situated in the bank of .

Vellore

Latitude
12.9072° or 12° 54′ 26″ north
Longitude
79.131° or 79° 7′ 52″ east
Population
186,000
Elevation
218 metres (715 feet)
Open location code
7J4XW44J+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 243713144
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1253286
Wiki­data ID
Q300577
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Vellore” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فيلور”
  • Arabic: “ويلور”
  • Asturian: “Vellore”
  • Belarusian: “Велуру”
  • Bengali: “ভেলোর”
  • Bengali: “ভেল্লুর”
  • Bhojpuri: “वेल्लोर”
  • Bishnupriya: “বেল্লোরে”
  • Catalan: “Vellore”
  • Cebuano: “Vellore”
  • Chinese: “韋洛爾”
  • Chinese: “韦洛尔”
  • Czech: “Vellore”
  • Czech: “Vélúr”
  • Danish: “Vellore”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Vellore”
  • Dutch: “Vellore”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيلور”
  • Esperanto: “Velor”
  • Finnish: “Vellore”
  • French: “Vellore”
  • German: “Vellore”
  • German: “Velur”
  • Greek: “Βελόρε”
  • Gujarati: “વેલ્લોર”
  • Hebrew: “ולור”
  • Hindi: “वेल्लूर”
  • Hindi: “वेल्लोर”
  • Hindi: “वेल्लौर”
  • Indonesian: “Vellore”
  • Italian: “Vellore”
  • Japanese: “ヴェールール”
  • Kannada: “ವೆಲ್ಲೋರ್”
  • Kannada: “ವೇಲೂರ್”
  • Kashmiri: “ویلور”
  • Korean: “벨로르”
  • Ladin: “Vellore”
  • Latvian: “Velūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Veluru”
  • Malagasy: “Vellore”
  • Malay: “Vellore”
  • Malayalam: “വെല്ലൂർ”
  • Marathi: “वेल्लूर”
  • Nepali: “वेल्लूर”
  • Newari: “भेल्लोर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vellore”
  • Norwegian: “Vellore”
  • Pampanga: “Vellore”
  • Panjabi: “ਵੇਲੂਰ”
  • Persian: “ولور”
  • Polish: “Vellore”
  • Russian: “Веллор”
  • Russian: “Веллуру”
  • Sanskrit: “वेल्लूरु”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱷᱮᱞᱞᱳᱨ”
  • Sinhala: “වෙලොරේ”
  • Slovenian: “Velor”
  • Slovenian: “Velu”
  • Spanish: “Vellore”
  • Swedish: “Vellore”
  • Tamil: “வேலூர்”
  • Telugu: “వెల్లూర్”
  • Thai: “เวลลอร์”
  • Thai: “เวลูร์”
  • Turkish: “Vellore”
  • Ukrainian: “Веллуру”
  • Urdu: “ویلور”
  • Vietnamese: “Vellore”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vellore”
  • “वेल्लोर”

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