Amritsar

Summary

Amritsar is a city^[1]. Amritsar has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Amritsar is located in Amritsar district^[3].
• Amritsar is in the country of India^[4].
• Amritsar's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Amritsar's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Amritsar's founder is recorded as Guru Ram Das^[7].
• Amritsar's twinned administrative body is recorded as Walsall^[8].
• Amritsar's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bakersfield^[9].
• Amritsar's postal code is recorded as 143001^[10].
• Amritsar is part of Majha^[11].
• Amritsar's Commons category is recorded as Amritsar^[12].
• Amritsar's licence plate code is recorded as PB02^[13].
• Amritsar's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[14].
• Amritsar's local dialing code is recorded as 183^[15].
• 1574 marks the founding of Amritsar^[16].
• Amritsar's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.626917, 'lon': 74.87704}^[17].
• Amritsar's authority is recorded as Amritsar Municipal Corporation^[18].
• Amritsar's official website is recorded as https://www.amritsarcorp.com/^[19].
• Amritsar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amritsar^[20].
• Amritsar's Commons gallery is recorded as Amritsar^[21].
• Amritsar has a population of {'amount': '+1132383'}^[22].
• Amritsar's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[23].
• Amritsar's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[24].
• Amritsar's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Amritsar's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Amritsar's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

Body

Geography

Amritsar is in the country of India^[4]. Amritsar is located in Amritsar district^[3]. Amritsar is part of Majha^[11].

Physical Characteristics

Amritsar covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+170'}^[28]. Amritsar sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+234'}^[29]. Amritsar has a population of {'amount': '+1132383'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5] and big city^[6].

History and Context

1574 marks the founding of Amritsar^[16].

Why It Matters

Amritsar has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Amritsar is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]