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Nala Sopara

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Also known as Sopara

Key facts

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auto
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Languages
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Official
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Marathi
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IST
Settlement.utc_offset1
+5:30
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PIN
Settlement.postal_code
East: 401 209West: 401 203
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Telephone code
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0250
Settlement.name
Nallasopara
Settlement.settlement_type
City
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2017-05-27 08.47.41 1 Nallasopara.jpg
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Hilltop view of Nallasopara's eastern urban area
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Hilltop panorama of the city from 2017
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India Maharashtra#India3
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yes
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Country

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
India
Located in
Thane district
Elevation
11
Time zone
UTC+05:30
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postal code
401209
Commons category
Nala Sopara
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Climate
  • Sopara
  • Excavations at Sopara
  • Sopara Edicts of Ashoka
  • Demographics
  • Places of importance
  • Education
  • Reference in literature
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Nallasopara or Nala Sopara (pronunciation: [naːla sopaɾa]), formerly known as Sopara or Supara, is a city in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, India, and is governed by the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC). The city lies within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The Nallasopara railway station is part of the Western Railway Zone and comes under the police jurisdiction of Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate.

Nallasopara is accepted by scholars as the Shurparaka (lit. city of braves; ) or Supparak of ancient India and was a busy trade centre and an important seat of Buddhism. It was one of the administrative units under the Satavahanas and is mentioned in the inscriptions of Karle, Nashik, Naneghat, and Kanheri.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nala Sopara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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