Ratnagiri

Ratnagiri
Ratnagiri
City
	Thibaw Palace
	Ratnagiri Ratnagiri
	Coordinates: 16°59′40″N 73°18′00″E / 16.99444°N 73.30000°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Region	Konkan Division
District	Ratnagiri
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Body	Ratnagiri Municipal council
• Rank	City
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population (2018)
• Total	327,120
Demonym(s)	Ratnagirikar, Ratnakar, Girikar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	415612, 415639
Telephone code	02352
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH
Vehicle registration	MH-08
Website	www.ratnagiri.nic.in

Ratnagiri (IAST:Ratnāgirī ; [ɾət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː]) is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District^[2] in southwestern Maharashtra, India. The district is part of Konkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known for the Hapus or Alphonso mangoes. Ratnagiri is the birthplace of Indian independence activist Lokmanya Tilak.^[3] Thibaw, the last king of Burma, alongside his consort Supayalat and two infant daughters were exiled to a two-storied brick mansion in Ratnagiri.^[4] The building is now known as Thibaw Palace. This place has many villages like Karla, Rajiwada, Mirkarwada, etc.

^ "Ratnagiri City Population Census 2011 – Maharashtra". Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "RATNAGIRI DISTRICT 91 Poisonous" (PDF). 10 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ Bhagwat, A.K.; Pradhan, G.P. (2015), Lokmanya Tilak – A Biography, Jaico Publishing House, ISBN 978-81-7992-846-2
^ Christian, John LeRoy (1944). "Thebaw: Last King of Burma". The Journal of Asian Studies. 3 (4). Association for Asian Studies: 309–312. doi:10.2307/2049030. JSTOR 2049030. S2CID 162578447.

[census2011-1] "Ratnagiri City Population Census 2011 – Maharashtra". Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

[2] "RATNAGIRI DISTRICT 91 Poisonous" (PDF). 10 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[3] Bhagwat, A.K.; Pradhan, G.P. (2015), Lokmanya Tilak – A Biography, Jaico Publishing House, ISBN 978-81-7992-846-2

[4] Christian, John LeRoy (1944). "Thebaw: Last King of Burma". The Journal of Asian Studies. 3 (4). Association for Asian Studies: 309–312. doi:10.2307/2049030. JSTOR 2049030. S2CID 162578447.

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Ratnagiri
City
Thibaw Palace
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Coordinates: 16°59′40″N 73°18′00″E / 16.99444°N 73.30000°E / 16.99444; 73.30000
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Region	Konkan Division
District	Ratnagiri
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Body	Ratnagiri Municipal council
• Rank	City
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population (2018)^[1]
• Total	327,120
Demonym(s)	Ratnagirikar, Ratnakar, Girikar
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	415612, 415639
Telephone code	02352
ISO 3166 code	IN-MH
Vehicle registration	MH-08
Website	www.ratnagiri.nic.in