Junagadh

Junagadh
City
From top: Gate of the city of Junagadh, Statue of Narsinh Mehta, Girnar Hills, Radha Damodar Temple, Junagadh, Damodar Kund, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Junagadh, Mahabat Maqbara
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Coordinates: 21°31′19.9″N 70°27′28.4″E / 21.522194°N 70.457889°E / 21.522194; 70.457889[1]
Country	India
State	Gujarat
Region	Saurashtra
District	Junagadh
Established	319 BCE
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Junagadh Municipal Corporation
• Mayor	Geetaben Parmar[1]
• Municipal Commissioner	Rajesh M. Tanna (IAS)
• MLA	Sanjaybhai Koradia (BJP)
• MP	Rajesh Chudasama (BJP)
Area
• Total	160 km2 (60 sq mi)
• Rank	7th
Elevation	102.27 m (335.53 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	319,462
• Rank	137
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Gujarati
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	36200x
Telephone code	+91285xxxxxxx
Vehicle registration	GJ-11
Sex ratio	1.04 ♂/♀
Literacy rate	88.00%
Website	junagadhmunicipal.org

Junagadh (જૂનાગઢ^ⓘ) is the city and headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, 355 kilometres (221 mi) southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state.

Literally translated, Junagadh means "Old Fort".^[3]

After a brief struggle between India and Pakistan, Junagadh voted to join India in a plebiscite held on 20 February 1948. It was a part of Saurashtra state and later Bombay state. In 1960, in consequence of the Maha Gujarat movement, it became part of the newly formed Gujarat state.