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Lanja

==Geography== Lanja is a small town located at . It has an average elevation of 166 metres (544 feet). It's a Taluka head in Ratnagiri district. The National highway, popularly known as Mumbai-Goa Highway, passes through it. Nearest rail head is Adavali on the Konkan railway, which is around 15 km away.

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Place details

Locality: Lanja
Region: Maharashtra
Country: India
Population: 14,377
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Lanja
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Maharashtra, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Maharashtra
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ratnagiri
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 166
Settlement.population_total

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: India
Located in: Ratnagiri district
Area: +17.11
Elevation: +166
Time zone: UTC+05:30

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Geography
History
Demographics
References

==History== From the time of the Peshva up to 1 August 1879, when Vengurle was made a sub-division, Lanja was the headquarters of a petty division of Rajapur.