Aurangabad
city in the district of Sambhajinagar
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Summary
Aurangabad is a city[1]. Aurangabad ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,906 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Aurangabad district[3]
- Country: India[4]
- Instance of: big city[5]
- Official language: Marathi[6]
- Shares border with: Beed[7]
- Founder: Malik Ambar[8]
- Named after: Aurangzeb[9], Sambhaji[10]
- Postal code: 431001[11]
- Part of: Marathwada[12]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[13]
- Local dialing code: 240[14]
- Inception: 1592[15]
- Authority: Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) Municipal Corporation[16]
- Official website: https://chhsambhajinagarmc.org/[17], https://aurangabad.gov.in/[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Aurangabad, Maharashtra[19]
- Population: 1,371,330[20], 1,175,116[21]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[25], Slovník naučný[26]
- Capital of: Aurangabad district[27]
- Official name: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar[28]
- Category for people born here: Q32412950[29]
- Native label: औरंगाबाद शहर, महाराष्ट्र[30]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Aurangabad, Maharashtra[31]
- Elevation above sea level: 568 m[32]
- Area: 219,000,000 m²[33]
- Economy of topic: economy of Aurangabad[34]
Why It Matters
Aurangabad has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Aurangabad is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]