Panchkula
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- Settlement.name
- Panchkula
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- hi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- Yagya Shala, within the Mansa Devi temple complex, Panchkula near Chandigarh.jpg
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- Yagya Shala, within the Mansa Devi temple complex in Panchkula, Haryana
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- Chandigarh Tricity
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- India Haryana#India
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- right
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- Location in Haryana, India
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- Country
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- State
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- District
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- Haryana
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- Panchkula
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- Municipal Corporation
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- Municipal Corporation Panchkula
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- BJP
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- Mayor
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- Etymology
- History
- Ramgarh Fort and Mata Mansa Devi Temple
- Geography and climate
- Average temperature
- Demographics
- Government and politics
- City administration
- Civic utilities
- Economy
- Employment
- Tourism
- Sports
- Education
- Colleges
- BSEH affiliated school
- CBSE affiliated school
- CISCE affiliated schools
- Healthcare
- Government run hospitals
- Private hospitals
- Notable people
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- References
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Panchkula (ISO: ) is a city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district in Haryana, India. It is a satellite city of the state capital Chandigarh. Panchkula is a border city with Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh. The origin of the name Panchkula came from "the place where five irrigation canals meet". It is approximately southeast of Chandigarh, southwest of Shimla, from Ambala and northeast of New Delhi, the national capital. It is a part of the Chandigarh capital region or Greater Chandigarh. The Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula metropolitan region collectively forms a Chandigarh Tricity, with a combined population of over 2 million.
The city hosts the Chandimandir Cantonment, the headquarters of the Western Command of the Indian Army. It is a planned city like Chandigarh, with a sector system.