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Ahmedabad district
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Ahmedabad District is the 5th largest city of India in the central part of the state of Gujarat in western India and located on the bank of river Sabarmati. The city of Ahmedabad, in the northern part of the district, is the administrative headquarters. It had a population of 5,816,519 of which 80.18% were urban as of 2001. [1]
The language people speak in Ahmedabad is Gujarati which is the mother-tongue of the State of Gujarat, in addition to Hindi which is also quite popular among the people.
Ahmedabad District is surrounded by Mehsana, Sabarkantha, and Gandhinagar districts to the north, Kheda district to the east, the Gulf of Cambay and Bhavnagar district to the south, and Surendranagar district to the west. Its headquarters is the city of Ahmedabad.
Ahmedabad District is divided into a number of taluka including Barwala, Daskroi, Dholka, Dhandhuka, Detroj, Sanand,Bavla,Ranpur,Mandal,City and Viramgam.
Some of the regions of the city includes:
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| Capital | Gandhinagar |
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| Major cities | Ahmedabad · Surat · Vadodara · Rajkot · Jamnagar · Bhavnagar | |
| Districts | Ahmedabad · Amreli · Anand · Banaskantha · Bharuch · Bhavnagar · Dahod · Dang · Gandhinagar · Jamnagar · Junagadh · Kheda · Kachchh · Mehsana · Narmada · Navsari · Panchmahal · Patan · Porbandar · Rajkot · Sabarkantha · Surat · Surendranagar · Vadodara · Valsad | |
| Topics | Politics · Governors · Chief Ministers · History · Notable people · Cities and Towns · Education institutes · National parks & Sanctuaries | |
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