Akola

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Akola
Akola (India)
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State : IndiaIndia India
State : Maharashtra
District : Akola
Location : 20 ° 42 ′  N , 77 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 20 ° 42 ′  N , 77 ° 0 ′  E
Height : 288 m
Residents : 427,146 (2011)
Khandelwal Tower
Khandelwal Tower

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Akola ( Marathi : अकोला , Akolā ) is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra with about 430,000 inhabitants (2011 census). It is the administrative seat of Akola District and is located approximately 600 kilometers east of Mumbai and 250 kilometers west of Nagpur .

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There is a railway connection to the east, which is divided into the direction of Nagpur and towards Warangal , as well as a railway connection to the west, which leads to Nashik . On June 3, 1943, an express train from Bombay (today: Mumbai ) to Calcutta (today: Kolkata) collided with a freight train near the city , and two passenger cars and the dining car were smashed. 50 people died and 100 were also injured.

In addition, a trunk road runs through the city, which leads to Nagpur in the east and splits in the west towards Malegaon and Indore .

Climate table

Akola
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: India Meteorological Department ; wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Akola
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 29.9 32.8 37.3 40.9 42.5 37.6 32.4 30.6 32.5 34.1 31.7 29.5 O 34.3
Min. Temperature (° C) 13.1 15.4 19.7 24.2 27.3 25.5 23.5 23.0 22.5 19.7 15.6 12.4 O 20.2
Precipitation ( mm ) 10.2 7.9 10.0 4.1 9.8 144.9 217.2 196.6 122.7 47.7 18.7 12.1 Σ 801.9
Rainy days ( d ) 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.4 8.6 15.1 15.1 9 3.1 1.2 1.3 Σ 59.2
Humidity ( % ) 46 37 26th 24 31 56 73 78 68 55 48 47 O 49.2
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Web links

Commons : Akola  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF file; 151 kB)
  2. ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 108.