Kathiawar
| Kathiawar | ||
 Kathiawar / Saurashtra between the Gulf of Kachchh and the Gulf of Khambhat |
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 48 ′ N , 70 ° 45 ′ E | |
| Waters 1 | Gulf of Kachchh , Arabian Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Gulf of Khambhat | |
| surface | 65,000 km² | |
 The southern part of the Bombay Presidency in 1909, with Kathiawar / Saurashtra in the northwest |
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Kathiawar or Kathiawad ( Gujarati : કાઠીયાવાડ) is an approx. 65,000 km² peninsula in northwest India . It belongs to the state of Gujarat .
geography
The peninsula is bounded to the north by the large wetland of the Rann of Kachchh , to the northwest by the Gulf of Kachchh , to the west and south by the Arabian Sea and to the southeast and east by the Gulf of Khambhat . There are no rivers. Inland, the almost uninhabited Barda Hills rise to a height of about 650 m ; this is where the 192 km² Barda Wildlife Sanctuary is located . The highest point, however, is Mount Girnar, approx. 1115 m high, near the city of Junagadh .
Biggest cities
Rajkot (approx. 1.5 million), Bhavnagar (approx. 620,000), Junagadh (approx. 350,000), Porbandar (approx. 200,000), Amreli (approx. 120,000), Gondal (approx. 120,000), Dhoraji (approx. 95,000), Mahuva (approx. 90,000), Keshod (approx. 80,000), Palitana (approx. 75,000), Diu (approx. 60,000), Dwarka (approx. 45,000), Alang (approx. 12,000)
economy
In Kathiawar cotton is grown and agriculture is practiced. There are deposits of manganese ore , bauxite and petroleum .
history
Another name for Kathiawar is Saurashtra or (Anglicized) Soruth or Sorath . In the terminology of the British-Indian administration, Kathiawar was equated with Saurashtra. The four districts of the peninsula were Jhalawar, Halar, Sorath and Gohelwar, with Sorath designating the southwest with Junagadh , Porbandar and Jafarabad .
