Palanpur
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Place details
- Locality
- Palanpur
- Region
- Gujarat
- Country
- India
- Population
- 141,592
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Palanpur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kirtistambh of Palanpur Gujarat.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kirti Stambh, a tower commemorating the history of the town and its former ruling dynasty
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Gujarat
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Gujarat, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gujarat
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Banaskantha
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- North Gujarat
- Settlement.governing_body
- Palanpur Municipality
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 39.50
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 209
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography and climate
- Demographics
- Places of interest
- Mithi Vav
- Temples
- Economy
- Education and culture
- Notable people
- Transport
- Rail
- Road
- Air
- Surrounding Cites
- Gallery
- Nearby places of interest
- See also
- References
Palanpur (Gujarati: ) is a city and a headquarters of Banaskantha district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Palanpur is the ancestral home to an industry of Indian diamond merchants.
==Etymology== Palanpur in early times is said to have been called Prahladana Patan or Prahaladanapura after its founder Ayaz Malpara, mentioned in People texts. It was afterwards re-peopled by Sahil Pathan from whom it took its modern name. Others say that it was founded by Parvez Sikandar whose brother Ayan Shaikh founded nearby Jagana village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palanpur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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