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Bharuch

Bharuch
ભરૂચ
City
Nickname(s): Peanut City, City of Fertilizers, Chemical capital of India
Bharuch is located in India
Bharuch
Bharuch
Bharuch is located in Gujarat
Bharuch
Bharuch
Coordinates: 21°42′43″N 72°59′35″E / 21.712°N 72.993°E / 21.712; 72.993Coordinates: 21°42′43″N 72°59′35″E / 21.712°N 72.993°E / 21.712; 72.993
Country India
State Gujarat
District Bharuch
Area
 • City 35.34 km2 (13.64 sq mi)
Elevation 15 m (49 ft)
Population (2011)
 • City 168,729
 • Density 4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
 • Metro 224,210
Demonym(s) Bharuchi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 392001, 392015
Telephone code 02642
Vehicle registration GJ16

Bharuch (Gujarati: ભરૂચ; About this sound listen ), formerly known as Broach, is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District and is a municipality of about 370,000 inhabitants. Being one of the biggest industrial areas including Ankleshwar GIDC, it is at times referred as the chemical capital of India.

The city of Bharuch and its surroundings have been settled since times of antiquity. It was a ship building centre and sea port in the pre-compass coastal trading routes to points West, perhaps as far back as the days of the Pharaohs. The route made use of the regular and predictable monsoon winds or galleys. Many goods from the Far East (the famed Spice and Silk trade) were shipped there during the annual monsoon winds, making it a terminus for several key land-sea trade routes. Bharuch was known to the Greeks, the various Persian Empires, in the Roman Republic and Empire, and in other Western centres of civilisation through the end of the European Middle Ages.

In the 3rd century, Bharuch port was mentioned as Barugaza. Arab traders entered Gujarat via Bharuch to do business. The British and the Dutch (Valandas) noted Bharuch’s importance and established their business centres here.


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