Mahabaleshwar
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It is catalogued under topics including 1839 establishments in British India, Cities and towns in Satara district and Hill stations in Maharashtra.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mahabaleshwar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Hill station
- Settlement.image_skyline
- MAHABALESWAR LANDSCAPE.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Maharashtra#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maharashtra
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Satara District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 137.15
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1353
- Settlement.population_total
- 12737
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- hill station
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Satara district
- Area
- 137
- Elevation
- 1353
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Location
- hill station
- Image
- Mahabaleshwar-scene.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2168
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- Commons category
- Mahabaleshwar
- topic's main category
- Category:Mahabaleshwar
- postal code
- 412806
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- British Raj era
- Demographics
- Transport
- Rail
- Air
- Tourism
- Pratapgad
- Wilson Point
- Gallery of places of interest to tourism
- In popular culture
- References
- External links
- Further reading
Mahabaleshwar () is a small town and a municipal council in Satara district, Maharashtra, India. It is a place of pilgrimage because the Krishna River, which considered sacred by Hindus, has its origin here along with five of its tributaries. The British colonial rulers developed the town as a hill station, and it served as the summer capital of the Bombay Presidency during the colonial rule.
==Geography== Mahabaleshwar is located on the mountainous Sahyadri range of the Western Ghats that run north to south along the western coast of India. The coordinates of the town are . Mahabaleshwar is a vast plateau measuring , bound by valleys on all sides. It reaches a height of at its highest peak above sea level, known as Wilson/Sunrise Point. The town is about southwest of Pune and from Mumbai.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mahabaleshwar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.