Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India
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Name (Hebrew)
וואראנאסי (אוטר פרדש, הודו : מחוז)
Name (Latin)
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India : District)
Other forms of name
Vārānasi District (India)
nnaa Vārānasi (District)
Benares (India : District)
Banaras (India : Disrict)
Coordinates
83 83 25.33333333 25.33333333 (gooearth )
Associated country
India
Sources of Information
- BGN: 6/25/81(Vāranasi [brief] District, ADM2, 25°20ʹN, 83°00ʹE)
- Bureaucracy, belonging, and the city in North India, 2020:CIP galley (the Banaras Division, located in what is now the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh)
- GEOnet, Mar. 22, 2002(Vārānasi--ADM2, 25°20ʹN 83°00ʹE, variant: Vārānasi District)
- Olcham, W. Historical and statistical memoir, 1970-76.
- Pathak, B. D. Geology and groundwater conditions of Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, 1977 (subj.)t.p. (Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh)
- BGN: 6/25/81(Vāranasi [brief] District, ADM2, 25p0s20ʹN, 83p0s00ʹE)
- GEOnet, Mar. 22, 2002(Vārānasi--ADM2, 25p0s20'N 83p0s00'E, variant: Vārānasi District)
- Col. gaz. of the world online, Mar. 22, 2002(Varanasi, district, SE Uttar Pradesh state, India; original dist. was enlarged 1949 by incorporation of former princely state of Benares; also Banaras, Benares)
Wikipedia description:
Varanasi district is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with the holy city of Varanasi as the district headquarters. It is also the headquarters of the Varanasi division which contains 4 districts (including Varanasi). It is surrounded by Mirzapur district, Jaunpur district, Ghazipur district, Chandauli district, and Bhadohi district. The Ganga (Ganges) river flows through the district. Part of the Varanasi division, the district occupies an area of 1,535 square kilometres (593 sq mi) and as of the 2011 Census of India, it had a population of 3,676,841.
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