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Anantnag

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Also known as Anantanag, Islamabad

Anantnag ( ; ), also called Islamabad ( ; ), is the administrative headquarters of Anantnag district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is located at a distance of 53 kilometres (33 miles) from the union territory's capital Srinagar. It is the third largest city in Jammu and Kashmir after Srinagar and Jammu with an urban agglomerate population of 159,838 and a municipal limit population of 109,433.

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Vinony's link graph records 504 inbound references to Anantnag, and connects out to Aurel Stein, list of districts of Jammu and Kashmir and Kokernag.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 4 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Anantnag, Ancient Indian cities and Cities and towns in Anantnag district.

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Anantnag
Settlement.other_name
Islamabad
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Anantnag_J&K.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Panorama of Anantnag
Settlement.mapframe
yes
Settlement.mapframe wikidata
yes
Settlement.subdivision_type
Administering country
Settlement.subdivision_name
India
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Union Territory
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Jammu and Kashmir
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Anantnag
Settlement.established_title
Settled
Settlement.established_date
5 BCE
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
40.44
Settlement.elevation_m
1601

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Wikidata facts

Official name
اسلام آباد
Country
India
Population
108505
Area
2917
Elevation
1601
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Body of water
Lidder River
Official website
anantnag.nic.in
Image
Anantnag J&K.jpg
Dialing code
1932
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Commons category
Anantnag
inception
5000-01-01
topic's main category
Category:Anantnag
postal code
192101
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Encyclopedic overview

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Anantnag ( ; ), also called Islamabad ( ; ), is the administrative headquarters of Anantnag district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is located at a distance of 53 kilometres (33 miles) from the union territory's capital Srinagar. It is the third largest city in Jammu and Kashmir after Srinagar and Jammu with an urban agglomerate population of 159,838 and a municipal limit population of 109,433.

== Name == The town has been called by both the names Islamabad and Anantnag. The latter is characterised by Marc Aurel Stein as its "Hindu name".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anantnag” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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