Washim
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Place details
- Locality
- Washim
- Region
- Maharashtra
- Country
- India
- Population
- 78,387
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Washim
- Settlement.other_name
- Vatsagulma
- Settlement.nickname
- CHIA City
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Washim railway station.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Washim railway station
- Settlement.map_caption
- Washim in Maharashtra
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maharashtra
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Washim
- Settlement.founder
- Sarvasena, the second son of Pravarsena I of Vakataka Kingdom.
- Settlement.named_for
- Rishi Vatsa
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipal Council
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_rank
- 34nd in Maharashtra
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- वाशिम
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Washim district
- Official language
- Marathi
- Population
- 62863
- Area
- 47
- Elevation
- 546
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Washim district
- Shares border with
- Akola
- Dialing code
- 7252
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- postal code
- 444505
- native label
- वाशिम
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- 1467
via Wikidata · CC0
~13 min read
Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Climate
- Demographics
- Civic administration
- Places of interest
- Transport
- Road
- Bus Station, Washim
- Rail
- References
Washim (), also known as Vatsagulma, is a city and a Municipal Council in Washim district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Washim is the district headquarters of Washim district.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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