Jalandhar
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| State : | Punjab | ||
| District : | Jalandhar | ||
| Location : | 31 ° 19 ′ N , 75 ° 35 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 242 m | ||
| Area : | 110 km² | ||
| Residents : | 873,725 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 7943 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Website : | mcjalandhar.in/ | ||
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Jalandhar ( Punjabi : ਜਲੰਧਰ; formerly anglicised Jullundur ) is a city (since 1991 Municipal Corporation ) in the northwest Indian state of Punjab with almost 864,000 inhabitants.
It is the administrative seat of the district of the same name . Sugar, canning, textile and metal industries. The city is known for its traditional ivory carving .
climate
The climate in Jalandhar is subtropical . In the summer months of July and August, during the monsoon season , most precipitation falls. The average annual precipitation is 769 mm. The annual mean temperature is 23.9 ° C.
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The climate crisis has led to a drastic shortage of drinking water across India . This is particularly noticeable in Jalandhar. The city is one of those 21 major Indian cities whose groundwater reserves will be completely depleted in 2020 according to calculations by the government agency NITI Aayog.
sons and daughters of the town
- Wasim Sajjad (* 1941), Pakistani politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ mcjalandhar.in/
- ↑ Jessie Yeung, Swati Gupta, Michael Guy: India has just five years to solve its water crisis, experts fear. Otherwise hundreds of millions of lives will be in danger. In: CNN. July 4, 2019, accessed on July 10, 2019 .
