Patna

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capital city city

Patna is the capital city of the Indian state of Bihar, situated along the Ganges River and known as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Patna, Bihar, India 2

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
airport Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport ⓘ
areaTotalKm2 approximately 136 ⓘ
climateClassification humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
economicRole major administrative, educational, and commercial centre of eastern India ⓘ
elevationMeters 53 ⓘ
foundedAsPataliputraInCentury 5th century BCE ⓘ
governingBody Patna Municipal Corporation ⓘ
governmentType Mayor–Council ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna ⓘ
National Institute of Technology Patna ⓘ
hasGurdwara Patna Sahib ⓘ
surface form: Takht Sri Patna Sahib
hasUniversity Aryabhatta Knowledge University ⓘ
Patna University ⓘ
historicalName Azimabad ⓘ
Pataliputra ⓘ
isBirthplaceOf Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ
isCapitalOf Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDistrictHeadquartersOf Patna district ⓘ
isOneOf oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world ⓘ
leaderTitle Mayor ⓘ
Municipal Commissioner ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Patna district ⓘ
locatedInDivision Patna division ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern India ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ganges ⓘ
majorReligion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
nearbyPilgrimageSite Nalanda ⓘ
Rajgir ⓘ
Patna Sahib ⓘ
surface form: Takht Sri Patna Sahib

Vaishali ⓘ
notableFor Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh pilgrimage circuits ⓘ
officialLanguage Hindi ⓘ
populationCensusYear 2011 ⓘ
populationRankInIndia among top 20 ⓘ
populationUrbanAgglomeration over 2 million ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 8000xx ⓘ
railwayStation Patliputra Junction ⓘ
Patna Junction ⓘ
Rajendra Nagar Terminal ⓘ
regionalLanguage Bhojpuri ⓘ
Magahi ⓘ
riverConfluenceNearby Gandak River ⓘ
surface form: Gandak

Ganges ⓘ
Punpun ⓘ
Son ⓘ
servedAsCapitalOf Bihar and Orissa Province ⓘ
Gupta Empire ⓘ
Magadha ⓘ
Maurya Empire ⓘ
Pala Empire ⓘ
Sur Empire ⓘ
state Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ
telephoneCode +91-612 ⓘ
timeZone IST ⓘ
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode BR-01 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Bihar → capital → Patna ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
subject surface form: Eastern India
Bihar → largestCity → Patna ⓘ
Dinapore → locatedNear → Patna ⓘ
Chhath Puja → majorLocation → Patna ⓘ
Arrah → nearestMajorCity → Patna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patna, Bihar, India
Rajendra Prasad → residence → Patna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patna, Bihar, India