Alang
Sign in to savethumb|Ongoing ship breaking at Alang Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Because it is home to the Alang Ship Breaking Yard, Alang beaches are considered the world's largest ship graveyard.thumb|SS SS France (1960)|Norway awaits the ship breakers at Alang, August, 2007
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- Alang
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- Town
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- Shipwrecking in Alang, India, 2017-03-17 by Planet Labs.jpg
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- Ships beached at Alang for scrapping, satellite view, 17 March 2017
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- India Gujarat#India
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- Country
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- State
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- Gujarat
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- District
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- Bhavnagar
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- 18464
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- 2001
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- auto
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- Official
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- Gujarati
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- Demographics
- Economy
- Mithi Virdi nuclear power plant
- Ship Breaking Yard
- In popular culture
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thumb|Ongoing ship breaking at Alang Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Because it is home to the Alang Ship Breaking Yard, Alang beaches are considered the world's largest ship graveyard.thumb|SS SS France (1960)|Norway awaits the ship breakers at Alang, August, 2007
==Demographics== As of the 2001 Indian census, Alang had a population of 18,464. Males constitute 82% of the population and females 18%. Alang has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with 89% of the males and 11% of females literate. Seven percent of the population is under 6 years of age.