Jaipur
capital of Rajasthan, India
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Summary
Jaipur is a big city[1]. Jaipur draws 10,553 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #45 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Jaipur district[4]
- Country: India[5]
- Head of government: Ashok Parnami[6]
- Continent: Asia[7]
- Instance of: urban area[8], provincial capital[9], town in India[10]
- Founder: Jai Singh II[11]
- Named after: Jai Singh II[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Calgary[13], Fremont[14], Dodoma[15], Port Louis[16], Lagos[17]
- Postal code: 302001[18]
- Commons category: Jaipur[19]
- Licence plate code: RJ-14[20]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[21]
- Local dialing code: 141[22]
- Inception: 1727[23]
- Authority: Jaipur Municipal Corporation[24]
- Official website: http://jaipurmc.org/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Jaipur[26]
- Commons gallery: जयपुर[27]
- Population: 3,073,350[28]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[31], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[32]
- Capital of: Rajasthan[33], Jaipur district[34], Jaipur State[35]
- Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[36]
- Official name: जयपुर[37], Jaipur[38]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Jaipur[39]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 467 km²[40], 2185 ha[41], 710 ha[42], and 2205 ha[43]. Jaipur sits at an elevation of 431 m[44].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Jaipur include Jaipur International Airport[45], an airport[46], in India[47].
Why It Matters
Jaipur has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Jaipur is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for Jaipur include Jaipur International Airport[45], an airport[46], in India[47].