Hoshiarpur
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Place details
- Locality
- Hoshiarpur
- Region
- Punjab
- Country
- India
- Population
- 168,653
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hoshiarpur
- Settlement.native_name
- (Punjabi)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Landmarks of Hoshiarpur
- Settlement.nicknames
- Land of Saints, HSP
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Punjab#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Hoshiarpur City in Punjab, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region of Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Hoshiarpur District
- Elevation
- +296
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Hoshiarpur District
- Official website
- www.mchoshiarpur.org
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- Demographics
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- Education
- Universities
- Notable people
- Politics
- Civil Services
- Business
- Arts and culture
- Sportspersons
- Army
- Notes
- References
- External links
Hoshiarpur () is a city and a municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the fourteenth century. In 1809, it was occupied by the forces of Maharaja Karanvir Singh and was united into the greater state of Punjab in 1849.
Hoshiarpur has an average elevation of . Hoshiarpur district is located in the north-east part of the Indian state of Punjab. It falls in the Jalandhar Revenue Division and is situated in the Bist Doab portion of the Doaba region. Hoshiarpur shares a boundary with Kangra district, and Una district of Himachal Pradesh in the northeast. In the southwest, it borders Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Jalandhar district, and Kapurthala district, and in the northwest it borders Gurdaspur district.