Kannauj

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Kannauj

Total population

5,000

Elevation139 m

Land area14.9 km²

Coordinates27.05°, 79.92°

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kannauj is an ancient city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and a municipal board home to the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district. Known as Kanyakubja during the ancient Vedic period, it was successively the capital city of the Mahajanapada Panchala Kingdom and then of the Ayudha dynasty. Originally known as Mahodaya in ancient Sanskrit literature dating back to the Ramayana era, and later known as Mahodaya under the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty, in the later medieval era, it formed the core of the Kingdom of Kannauj and was ruled by multiple successive royal families or as part of greater imperial polities.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Uttar Pradesh

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  10.4 mi away
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  12.4 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Sandi
  16.4 mi away
• Bilhaur
  17.1 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Bangarmau
  21.3 mi away · pop. 5,000
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• Hardoi
  27.3 mi away · pop. 126,900
• Farrukhabad
  31.3 mi away · pop. 100,000
• Safipur
  34.1 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Sandila
  36.4 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Dibiyapur
  36.9 mi away · pop. 5,000

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

Seen 2024-04-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).