Nizamabad
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| State : | Telangana | ||
| District : | Nizamabad | ||
| Sub-district : | Nizamabad | ||
| Location : | 18 ° 40 ′ N , 78 ° 6 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 393 m | ||
| Area : | 40 km² | ||
| Residents : | 310,467 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 7762 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Website : | http://mcnizamabad.in/ | ||
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Nizamabad is a city in the Indian state of Telangana .
The city lies at an altitude of 393 m on the Dekkan plateau. Nizamabad is just under 150 km north of Hyderabad . The city is the administrative seat of the district of the same name and has about 310,000 inhabitants (2011 census). Nizamabad is a municipal corporation . It is divided into 50 wards and extends over an area of 40 square kilometers.
The name of the city is derived as follows: Nizam is the name for the governor of the Hyderabad state ; Abad means "long life". The city used to be called Indur .
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