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Amritsar district

district in Punjab, India
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Amritsar district

Summary

Amritsar district is a district of India[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Amritsar district is located in Jalandhar division[3].
  • Amritsar district is in the country of India[4].
  • Amritsar district's instance of is recorded as district of India[5].
  • Amritsar district's capital is recorded as Amritsar[6].
  • Amritsar district's shares border with is recorded as Kapurthala district[7].
  • Amritsar district's shares border with is recorded as Gurdaspur district[8].
  • Amritsar district's shares border with is recorded as Tarn Taran district[9].
  • Amritsar district's Commons category is recorded as Amritsar district[10].
  • Amritsar district's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[11].
  • 1947 marks the founding of Amritsar district[12].
  • Amritsar district's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.583333333333, 'lon': 74.983333333333}[13].
  • Amritsar district's official website is recorded as http://amritsar.nic.in/html/about_district.htm[14].
  • Amritsar district's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amritsar district[15].
  • Amritsar district has a population of {'amount': '+2490656'}[16].
  • Amritsar district's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+488898'}[17].
  • Amritsar district's female population is recorded as {'amount': '+1172248'}[18].
  • Amritsar district's male population is recorded as {'amount': '+1318408'}[19].
  • Amritsar district's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Amritsar'}[20].
  • Amritsar district's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'AMT'}[21].
  • Amritsar district covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2683'}[22].
  • Amritsar district's urban population is recorded as {'amount': '+1334611'}[23].
  • Amritsar district's rural population is recorded as {'amount': '+1156045'}[24].
  • Amritsar district's illiterate population is recorded as {'amount': '+805886'}[25].
  • Amritsar district's literate population is recorded as {'amount': '+1684770'}[26].

Body

Geography

Amritsar district is in the country of India[4]. It is located in Jalandhar division[3].

Physical Characteristics

Amritsar district covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2683'}[22]. It has a population of {'amount': '+2490656'}[16].

Designation and Status

Amritsar district's instance of is recorded as district of India[5].

History and Context

1947 marks the founding of Amritsar district[12].

Why It Matters

Amritsar district has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

Amritsar India Indian Institute of Management Amritsar Krishan Kant

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2011 census of India. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . local government in India. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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