| GeoNames Home | Postal Codes | Download / Webservice | About |
| 41 records found in wikipedia | |||
| 1 | Vadodara ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 22.3065 / 73.1876 | Vadodara (; formerly known as Baroda) is the third-largest. inflibnet.ac.in city in the Western Indian state of Gujarat, after Ahmedabad and Surat. It is the administrative headquarters of Vadodara District and is located on the banks of the Vishwamitri river, from the state capital Gandhinagar (...) | |
| 2 | Valladolid ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 712 Lat/Lng : 41.6528 / -4.7236 | Valladolid is a city in Spain and the de facto capital of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It has a population of 309,714 people (2013 est.), Population figures from 1 January 2013. making it Spain's 13th most populous municipality and northwestern Spain's biggest city (...) | |
| 3 | Guangzhou ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 23.1288 / 113.259 | Guangzhou (; or ;), also known as Canton," ". Encyclopædia Britannica. Accessed September 12, 2010. is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China. On the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 (...) | |
| 4 | Lucknow ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 130 Lat/Lng : 26.8606 / 80.9158 | Lucknow is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and is also the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. It is the eleventh most populous city and the twelfth most populous urban agglomeration of India (...) | |
| 5 | Varanasi ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 82 Lat/Lng : 25.282 / 82.9563 | Varanasi , also known as Benares, Banaras (Banāras), or Kashi (Kāśī), is a city on the banks of the river Ganga in the Uttar Pradesh state of North India, south-east of the state capital, Lucknow, and east of Allahabad (...) | |
| 6 | India ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 215 Lat/Lng : 28.6367 / 77.2247 | India (IAST:), also known as the Republic of India (IAST:), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world (...) | |
| 7 | Chennai International Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 12.9944 / 80.1805 | Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and its metropolitan area. It is located in Meenambakkam & Tirusulam, 21 km (13 mi) from the city centre. It is the 4th busiest airport in India behind Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru and the 52nd (...) | |
| 8 | Porbandar ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 21.6434 / 69.6118 | Porbandar pronunciation is a coastal city in the Indian state of Gujarat, perhaps best known for being the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and Sudama (friend of Lord Krishna). It is the administrative center of Porbandar District. (...) | |
| 9 | Kollam ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 8.8861 / 76.5897 | Kollam pronunciation also known by its former name Quilon (Coulão) and Desinganadu, is an old seaport and city on the Laccadive Sea coast of the Indian state of Kerala. The city is on the banks Ashtamudi Lake. Kollam has had a strong commercial reputation since the days of the Phoenicians and Romans (...) | |
| 10 | Indian Space Research Organisation ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 909 Lat/Lng : 13.0352 / 77.5706 | The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration (...) | |
| 11 | Swaminarayan Sampraday ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 22.59 / 72.87 | Swaminarayan Sampraday (Devanagari: स्वामिनारायण सम्प्रदाय, Gujarati: સ્વામિનારાયણ સંપ્રદાય, IAST: '), formally called Uddhav Sampraday, is a Hindu sect propagated by Swaminarayan (or Sahajanand Swami) (2 April 1781 – 1 June 1830) (...) | |
| 12 | IKEA ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 52.1671 / 4.4824 | IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group that designs and sells , kitchen appliances and home accessories, among other useful goods and occasionally home services. It has been the world's largest furniture retailer since at least 2008 (...) | |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 512 Lat/Lng : 23.25 / 77.417 | Madhya Pradesh (MP; , ; meaning "Central Province") is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Gwalior, and Ujjain being the other major cities. Nicknamed the "Heart of India" due to its geographical location in India (...) | |
| 14 | Bharuch ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 21.712 / 72.993 | Bharuch(Gujarati: , Bharūca, listen), formerly known as Broach, or Bhrugukachchh is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District and is a municipality of about inhabitants (...) | |
| 15 | Gujarat University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 23.0361 / 72.5463 | Gujarat University is a state university situated at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The university is an affiliating university at the under-graduate level and a teaching university at the postgraduate level. It is accredited B++ by NAAC. It was established in 1949. (...) | |
| 16 | Rajasthan ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 289 Lat/Lng : 26.5727 / 73.839 | Rajasthan is a state in the north western region of India. The state covers an area of or 10.4 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population (...) | |
| 17 | 2002 Gujarat riots ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 22.0 / 73.0 | The 2002 Gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 Gujarat violence and the Gujarat pogrom, was a three-day period of inter-communal violence in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Following the initial incident there were further outbreaks of violence in Ahmedabad for three months; statewide, there (...) | |
| 18 | Cutch State ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 23.915 / 70.367 | Cutch, also spelled Kutch or Kachchh, was a relatively large Indian princely state during the British Raj. Its territories covered the present day Kutch region of Gujarat north of the Gulf of Kutch. Bordered by Sindh in the north, Cutch State was one of the few princely states with a coastline (...) | |
| 19 | Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 53 Lat/Lng : 23.03 / 72.58 | Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha (BAPS) (IAST: '), is a Hindu religious and social organization within the Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism. BAPS was established on 5 June 1907 by Shastriji Maharaj after leaving the Vadtal Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday (...) | |
| 20 | Alliance Française ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 51 Lat/Lng : 48.8464 / 2.3286 | L'Alliance Française (French Alliance), or AF, is an international organization that aims to promote French language and culture around the world. Created in Paris on 21 July 1883 under the name Alliance française pour la propagation de la langue nationale dans les colonies et à l'étranger (French (...) | |
| 21 | Sitapur district ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 140 Lat/Lng : 27.5 / 80.9167 | Sitapur district is one of the districts which is situated in Uttar Pradesh state of India, with Sitapur town as the district headquarters. Sitapur district is a part of Lucknow division. (...) | |
| 22 | Rayagada ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 227 Lat/Lng : 19.1704 / 83.414 | Rayagada is a municipality in Rayagada district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the administrative headquarters of Rayagada district. (...) | |
| 23 | Swastika ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 32.6762 / -117.1577 | The swastika (as a character 卐 or 卍) is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon from the cultures of Eurasia, where it is a symbol of divinity and spirituality in some Eastern religions. In the Western world it was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck until the 1930s, when it became a (...) | |
| 24 | Bhabua ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 84 Lat/Lng : 25.05 / 83.62 | Bhabua is a city of Kaimur district in the state of Bihar, India. It is the headquarters of Kaimur district. It is all set to be declared as the world's first green City. (...) | |
| 25 | Jaipur bombings ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 439 Lat/Lng : 26.926 / 75.8235 | The Jaipur bombings were a series of nine synchronized bomb blasts that took place on 13 May 2008 within a span of fifteen minutes at locations in Jaipur, the capital city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, and a tourist destination. A tenth bomb was found and defused."", Thaindian News, 20 May 2008 (...) | |
| 26 | Madras Crocodile Bank Trust ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 12.7439 / 80.2401 | The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology (MCBT) is a reptile zoo and herpetology research station, located south of the city of Chennai, in state of Tamil Nadu, India. The centre is both a registered trust and a recognized zoo under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and is (...) | |
| 27 | Amateur radio in India ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 18.96 / 72.82 | Amateur radio or ham radio is practised by more than 16,000 licensed users in India. The first amateur radio operator was licensed in 1921, and by the mid-1930s, there were around 20 amateur radio operators in India (...) | |
| 28 | Uzhavoor ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 75 Lat/Lng : 9.7873 / 76.61 | Uzhavoor is an expanding town in Kottayam district, Kerala in India. It is just 32 km away from the administrative capital Kottayam District. Most of its residents are either farmers or engaged in small-scale business, although a lot of the houses belong to NRIs. The tenth President of India, K. R (...) | |
| 29 | Nuclear power in India ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 14.8644 / 74.4365 | Nuclear power is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after coal, gas, hydroelectricity and wind power. , India has 22 nuclear reactors in operation in 7 nuclear power plants, having a total installed capacity of 6,780 MW. Nuclear power produced a total of 35 TWh and supplied 3 (...) | |
| 30 | Ghogha ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 21.6881 / 72.2763 | Ghogha is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is situated on the mid-western bank of the Gulf of Khambhat. Also known as Gogo, it was an important historical commercial port of Arabian Sea until the development of nearby Bhavnagar in the nineteenth century. (...) | |
| 31 | Olin Business School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 170 Lat/Lng : 38.6481 / -90.3116 | The Olin Business School is one of seven academic schools at Washington University in St. Louis. Founded in 1917, the business school was renamed for entrepreneur John M. Olin in 1988. The school offers BSBA, Master of Business Administration (MBA), MS in Supply Chain Management, MS in Finance, (...) | |
| 32 | British High Commission, New Delhi ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 222 Lat/Lng : 28.5977 / 77.1931 | The High Commission of the United Kingdom in New Delhi is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in India. It is located at Shantipath in Chanakyapuri district. The current High Commissioner is Sir Dominic Asquith who was appointed in 2016 (...) | |
| 33 | Rajpipla State ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 179 Lat/Lng : 21.78 / 73.57 | The Kingdom of Rajpipla or Rajpipla State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was the largest state of the Rewa Kantha Agency. Rajpipla State was ruled by the Gohil Rajput dynasty from around the 1340s till 1948 when it was merged with the Republic of India (...) | |
| 34 | Hamleys ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 51.5128 / -0.1402 | Hamleys is the oldest and largest toy shop in the world and one of the world's best-known retailers of toys. Founded by William Hamley as "Noahs Ark" in High Holborn, London, in 1760, it moved to its current site on Regent Street in 1881 (...) | |
| 35 | Expo 2010 pavilions ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 31.1941 / 121.4864 | This article contains the details of the pavilions in Expo 2010. The 2010 World Expo Shanghai is the largest Expo site ever, covering more than 5.2 square kilometers and containing more than 70 exposition pavilions (...) | |
| 36 | Ode, Gujarat ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 53 Lat/Lng : 22.6219 / 73.1161 | Ode is a small town and a municipality in Anand district in the Indian state of Gujarat. (...) | |
| 37 | Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bolton ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 131 Lat/Lng : 53.5651 / -2.4461 | Shree Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple (Bolton) is a three storied Swaminarayan Temple on Adelaide Street in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Page 151 Page 222 It is the first Swaminarayan temple to be established in the UK and Europe, officially opening in 1973 (...) | |
| 38 | Meghpur, Bhuj ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 147 Lat/Lng : 23.1112 / 69.5646 | Meghpur is a village in Kutch, state of Gujarat in western India. (...) | |
| 39 | Holon Institute of Technology ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 32.0143 / 34.7738 | Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) , is an academic institution of higher learning in Holon, Israel. It focuses on teaching Science, Engineering, Computer Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Instructional Technologies, Design and Technology Management (...) | |
| 40 | ARCH Academy of Design ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 410 Lat/Lng : 26.8555 / 75.8145 | The ARCH College of Design and Business is a design College in Jaipur (Rajasthan), India. It was set up in the year 2000 under the management of the Arch Educational Society by its Founder & Director Ms. Archana Surana (...) | |
| 41 | Bhankrota ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 404 Lat/Lng : 26.8692 / 75.6906 | Bhankrota or Bang Rota is a residential locality within Jaipur, India. Started by the 1980s, it boomed in population in the late 1990s. (...) | |