Morbi
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| State : | Gujarat | ||
| District : | Morbi | ||
| Sub-district : | Morbi | ||
| Location : | 22 ° 49 ′ N , 70 ° 50 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 48 m | ||
| Residents : | 194,947 (2011) | ||
Morbi ( Gujarati : નડિયાદ; also Morvi ) is a city in the Indian state of Gujarat .
The city is the administrative seat of the district of the same name founded on August 15, 2013 . Previously, the city was in the Rajkot district .
The city is located on the Machhu River in the north of the Kathiawar Peninsula. As a city, Morbi has the status of a municipality ( Nagar Palika ). It is divided into 14 wards . At the 2011 census, Morbi had around 195,000 inhabitants.
Morbi was the capital of the princely state of Morvi . In 1979 the city was largely destroyed when the Machhu II dam broke . There were around 2,000 fatalities.
Web links
Commons : Morbi - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.census2011.co.in
- ↑ After devastating floods, Morvi looks like a ghost town facing resurrection after death. In: indiatoday.in . February 22, 2014, accessed April 6, 2019 .