Amritsar
city in the north-western part of Punjab, India
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Summary
Amritsar is a city[1]. Amritsar ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,823 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Amritsar district[3]
- Country: India[4]
- Instance of: big city[5]
- Founder: Guru Ram Das[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Walsall[7], Bakersfield[8]
- Postal code: 143001[9]
- Part of: Majha[10]
- Commons category: Amritsar[11]
- Licence plate code: PB02[12]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[13]
- Local dialing code: 183[14]
- Inception: 1574[15]
- Authority: Amritsar Municipal Corporation[16]
- Official website: https://www.amritsarcorp.com/[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Amritsar[18]
- Commons gallery: Amritsar[19]
- Population: 1,132,383[20]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25]
- Capital of: Sikh Confederacy[26], Amritsar district[27]
- Official name: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ[28], अमृतसर[29]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Amritsar[30]
- Category for people who died here: Q17634268[31]
- Native label: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ[32], अमृतसर[33]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Amritsar[34]
- Elevation above sea level: 234 m[35]
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Physical Characteristics
Amritsar covers an area of 170 km²[36].
Why It Matters
Amritsar has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Amritsar is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]