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Kolkata — the skyline across the Maidan A satellite image of Kolkata showing land usage The Prinsep Ghat which is located on the bank of the Hoogly River. Spread roughly north–south along the east bank of the Hooghly River, Kolkata sits within the lower Ganges Delta of eastern India; the city's elevation is 1.5–9 m (5–30 ft). [6]
Kolkata is known for its literary, artistic and revolutionary heritage; as the former capital of India, it was the birthplace of modern Indian literary and artistic thought. [251] Kolkata has been called the "City of Furious, Creative Energy" [252] as well as the "cultural [or literary] capital of India".
Module:Location map/data/India Kolkata is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Kolkata. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
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The precise definition of an "Indian subcontinent" in a geopolitical context is somewhat contested as there is no globally accepted definition on which countries are a part of South Asia or the Indian subcontinent. [59] [60] [61] [4] Whether called the Indian subcontinent or South Asia, the definition of the geographical extent of this region ...
Location of West Bengal. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to West Bengal: . West Bengal – state in eastern India and is the nation's fourth-most populous state, with over 91 million inhabitants.
Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 110 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 27.4° N; S: 21.3° N; W: 85.6° E; E: 90.0° E; Date: 1 April 2010: Source: Own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; World Data Base II data; Author: NordNordWest: Permission (Reusing this file)
[24]: 15 Kolkata, which is under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), has an area of 185 km 2 (71 sq mi). [23] The east–west dimension of the city is comparatively narrow, stretching from the Hooghly River in the west to roughly the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in the east—a span of 9–10 km (5.6–6.2 mi). [ 25 ]