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Udaipur

Also known as Oodeypore, Udaipur City, Udayapura

stad in Rajasthan, Indie

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Udaipur is a city in northwestern Rajasthan, India, that serves as the administrative center of Udaipur district and was founded in 1559 as the historic capital of the Mewar kingdom. The city was established by Udai Singh II after he relocated the capital from Chittorgarh following its siege by Akbar, and it remained the kingdom's capital until 1818 when the region became a British princely state.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Udaipur
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.nicknames: The White City, City of Lakes
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Rajasthan#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Udaipur
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Rajasthan, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Rajasthan
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Udaipur
Settlement.founder: Udai Singh II
Settlement.named_for: Udai Singh II
Settlement.governing_body: Udaipur Municipal Corporation
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Govind Singh Tank
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Official name: Udaipur
Country: India
Located in: Kingdom of Mewar
Population: 451100
Area: 37
Elevation: 578
Time zone: UTC+05:30
Capital of: Kingdom of Mewar
Official website: udaipur.rajasthan.gov.in
Image: Udaipur-Stadtpalast-42-vom Picholasee-2018-gje.jpg
Dialing code: 0294
Licence plate code: RJ-27

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described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons category: Udaipur
topic's main category: Category:Udaipur
Commons gallery: Udaipur
category of associated people: Category:People from Udaipur
postal code: 313001
native label: Udayapura

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Article · Nederlands

Udaipur (उदयपुर) is een stad in de Indiase deelstaat Rajasthan. Zij is gelegen in het gelijknamige district Udaipur en heeft 389.317 inwoners (2001). De stad staat vooral bekend als een romantische stad, het Venetië van Rajasthan, gelegen in een vallei op 600 meter boven de zeespiegel. De stad wordt omringd door drie meren, het , het Fateh Sagarmeer en het Swaroop Sagarmeer. Deze voorzien de stad van water. De stad is ook bekend vanwege de opnamen voor de James Bond-film Octopussy. Ook de klassiekers Das indische Grabmal en Der Tiger von Eschnapur van Fritz Lang werden eind jaren vijftig in de stad gefilmd. Udaipur heeft een vliegveld en is vanuit Europa bereikbaar via een tussenstop in New Delhi of Mumbai.

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