Udaipur

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Udaipur is a historic city in India renowned for its lakes, palaces, and role as a former capital of the Mewar kingdom.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
tourist destination
climate hot semi-arid climate
continent Asia
country India
distanceToAhmedabad approximately 260 kilometres
distanceToJaipur approximately 400 kilometres
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 600 metres
formerCapitalOf Mewar kingdom
foundedBy Maharana Udai Singh II
foundingDate 1559
governingBody Udaipur Municipal Corporation
hasAirport Maharana Pratap Airport
hasEngineeringInstitution College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur
hasFort Kumbhalgarh Fort
hasGarden Saheliyon-ki-Bari
hasLake Doodh Talai Lake
Fateh Sagar Lake
Lake Pichola
Swaroop Sagar Lake
Udai Sagar Lake
hasPalace City Palace, Udaipur
Jag Mandir
Lake Palace
Monsoon Palace
hasTemple Jagdish Temple
hasUniversity Mohanlal Sukhadia University
heritageStatus popular heritage tourism city
knownFor Rajput-era architecture
heritage hotels
lakes
palaces
tourism
koppenClimateClassification BSh
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Udaipur district
locatedNear Aravalli Range
majorLocalLanguage Mewari
namedAfter Udai Singh II
nicknamed City of Lakes
Venice of the East
officialLanguage Hindi
partOf Mewar region
primaryEconomicActivity handicrafts
marble and stone industry
tourism
railwayStation Udaipur City railway station
state Rajasthan
timeZone Indian Standard Time
utcOffset +05:30


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