Kathiawar
Sign in to saveKathiawar (), also known as Saurashtra (), is a peninsula in the south-western Gujarat state in India, bordering the Arabian Sea and covering about . It is bounded by the Kutch district in the north, the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest, and by the Gulf of Khambhat in the east. In the northeast, it is connected to the rest of the state and borders on the low, fertile hinterland of Ahmedabad. It is crossed by two belts of hill country and is drained radially by nine rivers which have little natural flow aside from in monsoon months, thus dams have been built on some of these. Kathiawar ports have
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kathiyawar
- Settlement.other_name
- Saurashtra
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Peninsula
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- Saurashtra Gujarat India Satellite Map 3 February 2015.jpg
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- Kathiawar peninsula as seen from the NASA Earth Observatory
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- India Saurashtra locator map.svg
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- Location of Saurashtra in India
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- Country
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- India
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gujarat
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- Metric
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- 60,000
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- auto
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- Languages
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- official
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- IST
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +5:30
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13 sectionsContents
- Etymology and history
- History
- Saurashtra State
- Location
- Districts
- Geography and ecosystem
- Postage stamps
- Natural resources
- Antiquity (places: history, archaeology, nature, religion)
- See also
- References
- Sources
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Kathiawar (), also known as Saurashtra (), is a peninsula in the south-western Gujarat state in India, bordering the Arabian Sea and covering about . It is bounded by the Kutch district in the north, the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest, and by the Gulf of Khambhat in the east. In the northeast, it is connected to the rest of the state and borders on the low, fertile hinterland of Ahmedabad. It is crossed by two belts of hill country and is drained radially by nine rivers which have little natural flow aside from in monsoon months, thus dams have been built on some of these. Kathiawar ports have been flourishing centres of trade and commerce since at least the 16th century. It was formerly a state of India.
== Etymology and history == The name Kathiawad seems to have been derived from the early settlements of Kathikas or Kathis who entered Gujarat from Sindh in early centuries of the Common Era.