Sambalpur

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city district headquarters municipal corporation

Sambalpur is a historic city and former princely region in western Odisha, India, known for its cultural heritage, textile traditions, and role in 19th-century colonial-era political events.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sambalpur district 2
Sambalpuri 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
district headquarters ⓘ
municipal corporation ⓘ
administrativeDivision Sambalpur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sambalpur district
annexationPolicy Doctrine of Lapse ⓘ
country India ⓘ
distanceToHirakudDam_km about 15 ⓘ
formerPoliticalStatus princely region ⓘ
princely state ⓘ
governingBody Sambalpur Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasAirport Jharsuguda Airport (nearest commercial airport) ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Kosal region ⓘ
hasFamousTemple Huma Leaning Temple (nearby) ⓘ
Samaleswari Temple ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Odia ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Hirakud railway station ⓘ
Sambalpur Junction ⓘ
Sambalpur Road ⓘ
hasRegionalLanguage Sambalpuri ⓘ
hasUniversity Sambalpur University ⓘ
historicalEventAssociation Anglo-Sambalpur conflicts ⓘ
resistance to British annexation ⓘ
isDistrictHeadquartersOf Sambalpur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sambalpur district
isHistoricCity true ⓘ
knownFor Hirakud Dam proximity ⓘ
Sambalpuri folk songs ⓘ
Sambalpuri handloom sarees ⓘ
Sambalpuri ikat ⓘ
Sitalsasthi Carnival ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
folk dance and music ⓘ
textile traditions ⓘ
locatedIn Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odisha (parts) ⓘ
surface form: western Odisha
locatedOnRiver Mahanadi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorFestival Nuakhai ⓘ
Sitalsasthi ⓘ
namedAfterDeity Goddess Samaleswari ⓘ
nearbyMajorDam Hirakud Dam ⓘ
postalCodeRange 768001–768xxx ⓘ
roleInHistory 19th-century colonial-era political events ⓘ
stateCapitalOf none ⓘ
timeZone IST ⓘ
traditionalWeavingCentre true ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode OD-15 ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy British East India Company ⓘ
British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sambalpur → administrativeDivision → Sambalpur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sambalpur district
Doctrine of Lapse → annexedState → Sambalpur ⓘ
Odia → hasDialect → Sambalpur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sambalpuri
Orissa → hasMajorCity → Sambalpur ⓘ
Sambalpur → isDistrictHeadquartersOf → Sambalpur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sambalpur district