Solan

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town

Solan is a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh known for its mushroom cultivation and as a growing commercial and educational hub in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Solan district ⓘ
areaCode 01792 ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall_mm approximately 1150 ⓘ
climate subtropical highland climate ⓘ
connectedByHighway National Highway 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
distanceFrom Chandigarh ⓘ
Shimla ⓘ
distanceFromChandigarh_km approximately 46 ⓘ
distanceFromShimla_km approximately 45 ⓘ
elevation_m approximately 1467 ⓘ
governingBody Municipal Council Solan ⓘ
hasFestival Shoolini fair ⓘ
hasIndustry food processing ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
pharmaceutical manufacturing ⓘ
hasInstitution Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (nearby, Nauni) ⓘ
Shoolini University (nearby) ⓘ
hasNickname City of Red Gold ⓘ
Mushroom City of India ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Solan railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Shoolini Mata Temple ⓘ
knownFor educational institutions ⓘ
growing commercial hub ⓘ
mushroom cultivation ⓘ
tomato production ⓘ
localLanguage Western Pahari ⓘ
surface form: Pahari
locatedIn Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Solan district ⓘ
locatedInRegion Shivalik Hills ⓘ
Lesser Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: lower Himalayas
namedAfter Shoolini Devi (local deity) ⓘ
nearbyCity Chandigarh ⓘ
Shimla ⓘ
nearbyTown Kasauli ⓘ
Parwanoo ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
population over 39000 (approx, 2011 census) ⓘ
postalCode 173211 ⓘ
railwayLine Kalka–Shimla Railway ⓘ
railwayStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site line ⓘ
stateCapitalOf Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
surface form: Himachal Pradesh (summer, de facto, partial)
timeZone IST ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode HP-14 ⓘ

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