Almora
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- Settlement.name
- Almora
- Settlement.nicknames
- Cultural Capital of Kumaon, Heart of Kumaon
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Almora Uttarakhand India 2013.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Almora City
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Almora in 2013
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Uttarakhand#India
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uttarakhand, India
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uttarakhand
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kumaon
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Almora
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1568
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Almora (Kumaoni: '''') is a municipal corporation and a cantonment town in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of the Himalaya range. The Koshi (Kaushiki) and Suyal (Salmale) rivers flow along the city and snow-capped Himalayas can be seen in the background.
Almora was founded in 1568. by King Kalyan Chand; however, there are accounts of human settlements in the hills and surrounding region in the Hindu epic Mahabharata (8th and 9th century BCE). Almora was the seat of Chand kings that ruled over the Kumaon Kingdom. It is considered the cultural heart of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.