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Also known as Rajcote, Rajkot, India, Rajcote, India

Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, after Ahmedabad, Surat, and Vadodara. It is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of more than 2 million as of 2021. Rajkot is the 6th cleanest city of India, and it is the 22nd fastest-growing city in the world as of March 2021. It is located on the banks of the Aji and Nyari rivers. Rajkot was the capital of the Saurashtra State from 15 April 1948 to 31 October 1956, before its merger with Bombay State on 1 November 1956. Rajk

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Rajkot is the fourth-largest city in Gujarat, a western Indian state, and serves as a major urban center in the Saurashtra region with a population of over 2 million people. The city is notable for being India's 6th cleanest city and one of the world's fastest-growing cities, and it has historical significance as the former capital of Saurashtra State before being merged into Bombay State in 1956.

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Settlement.name: Rajkot
Settlement.native_name_lang: guj
Settlement.settlement_type: Metropolis
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Seal of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation
Settlement.blank_emblem_size: 100px
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: RMC Emblem.png
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Gujarat
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gujarat
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Saurashtra
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Rajkot
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.governing_body: Rajkot Municipal Corporation
Settlement.leader_title1: Deputy Mayor

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Official name: राजकोट
Population: 2043000
Area: 104.86
Elevation: 128
Image: Rajkot - Aji River Overview.jpg
Dialing code: 281
Licence plate code: GJ3

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Commons category: Rajkot
postal code: 360001
native label: राजकोट
inception: 1612-00-00
P12749: Otto Heinrich Warburg

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Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, after Ahmedabad, Surat, and Vadodara. It is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of more than 2 million as of 2021. Rajkot is the 6th cleanest city of India, and it is the 22nd fastest-growing city in the world as of March 2021. It is located on the banks of the Aji and Nyari rivers. Rajkot was the capital of the Saurashtra State from 15 April 1948 to 31 October 1956, before its merger with Bombay State on 1 November 1956. Rajkot was reincorporated into Gujarat State on 1 May 1960.

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