Bharuch

Also known as Bharoch, Broach, Baroach, Bhadoch, Bharutkutccha, Bharūch, Bharukaccha, Barygaza

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Place details

Region: Gujarat
Country: India
Population: 169,007
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Bharuch
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: BrSwamitemple.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: BAPS Sri Svaminarayana Mandiram, Bharuch
Settlement.nicknames: Peanut City, City of Fertilizers, Chemical Capital of India
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Gujarat#India3
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gujarat
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bharuch
Settlement.established_date: 23/12/2022
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.governing_body: Bharuch Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Wikidata facts

Population: 158253
Area: 35.34
Elevation: 15
Image: BrSwamitemple.JPG
Dialing code: 2642

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Commons category: Bharuch
postal code: 392001
native label: ભરૂચ
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Travel guide

Understand

Bharuch was known to Greeks and Romans as Barygaza.

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Article

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Contents

Etymology
History
BCE era
Maitraka era (470 CE–788 CE) and Rashtrakuta era (788 CE–942 CE)
Nawabs of Bharuch and the Maratha Empire
Geography and climate
Economy, commerce and industry
Trade
Present industrial city
Demographics
Culture
Notable people
Places of interest
Bharuch City
Surrounding area
Other places of interest
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Bharuch () is a city at the mouth of the Narmada River in Gujarat in the western part of India. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District.

The city of Bharuch and its surroundings have been settled since times of antiquity. It was a ship building centre and sea port in the pre-compass coastal trading routes for trading with the Occident and the East, perhaps as far back as the days of earliest trade connections. The route made use of the regular and predictable monsoon winds or relied on galleys. Many goods from the Far East and Far West (the famed Spices and Silk trade) were shipped there during the annual monsoon winds, making it a terminus for several key land-sea trade routes. Bharuch was known to the Greeks, the Parthian Empire, in the Roman Empire, the Chinese, and in other Western and Eastern centres of civilisation through the end of the European Middle Ages and other the middle ages of the world.