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Kanpur

city in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Summary

Kanpur is a city[1]. Kanpur ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,687 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kanpur Nagar district[3]
  • Country: India[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Ganges[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6]
  • Shares border with: Shuklaganj[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Alexandria[8], Okayama[9], Manchester[10]
  • Postal code: 208001[11]
  • Commons category: Kanpur[12]
  • Licence plate code: UP-78[13]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[14]
  • Local dialing code: 512[15]
  • Significant event: Siege of Cawnpore[16]
  • Authority: Kanpur Municipal Corporation[17]
  • Official website: https://kanpurnagar.nic.in/[18]
  • IPA transcription: /ˈkɑːnpʊər/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kanpur[20]
  • Population: 2,701,324[21], 1,300,000[22], 3,067,700[23], 243,800[24], 2,356,000[25], 1,600,000[26], 2,765,348[27], 4,581,268[28]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[30], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32]
  • Capital of: Kanpur division[33], Kanpur Nagar district[34]
  • Official name: कानपुर[35], کانپور[36]
  • Category for people born here: Q32376427[37]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kanpur[38]
  • Native label: कानपुर[39], کانپور[40]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kanpur[41]
  • Different from: Kanpur[42]

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Physical Characteristics

Areas include 3,029,000,000 m²[43] and 3155 km²[44]. Kanpur sits at an elevation of 126 m[45].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kanpur include Kanpur Airport[46], an airport[47], in India[48].

Why It Matters

Kanpur has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Kanpur is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for Kanpur include Kanpur Airport[46], an airport[47], in India[48].

Related Entities

Alexandria Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University city Desh Shakti Party ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research India Kalyanmoy Deb Manchester Manindra Agrawal Okayama Poonam Dhillon Poonam Pandey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Great Russian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . old.bigenc.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947). wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Great dictionary of geographical names. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . census2011.co.in. census2011.co.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . kanpurnagar.nic.in. kanpurnagar.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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