Nabarangapur District
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Nabarangpur district ନବରଙ୍ଗପୁର ଜିଲ୍ଲା |
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| District | |
 Location in Odisha, India |
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| Coordinates: 19°14′N 82°33′E / 19.23°N 82.55°ECoordinates: 19°14′N 82°33′E / 19.23°N 82.55°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Odisha |
| Headquarters | Nabarangpur |
| Government | |
| • Collector | Rasmita Panda |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,294 km2 (2,044 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 195 m (640 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,220,946 |
| • Density | 192/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 764 xxx |
| Vehicle registration | OD-24 |
| Sex ratio | 1.007 ♂/♀ |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Nabarangpur |
| Climate | Aw (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 1,691 millimetres (66.6 in) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 40 °C (104 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 12 °C (54 °F) |
| Website | www |
Nabarangpur District, also known as Nabarangapur District and Nawarangpur District(Odia: ନବରଙ୍ଗପୁର ଜିଲ୍ଲା) , is a district of Odisha, India. The city of Nabarangpur is the district headquarters. Most of its population is tribal, and most of the land is forested. Situated in the southwest corner of Odisha, it borders Koraput District. Nabarangpur district is situated at 19.14’ latitude and 82.32’ longitude at an average elevation of 1,876 feet (572 m).
Nabarangpur district was created on 2 October 1992 out of a previous subdivision of Koraput District. Until then Koraput District had been the second largest district in India. The history of Nabarangpur is inextricably interlinked with that of Koraput District, with which it shares its language, lifestyle, heritage, flora and fauna and climate.
Koraput belonged to the Atavikas, a feudatory of the powerful Kalinga Empire (Ancient Odisha) who valiantly fought the Kalinga War in the 3rd century BCE. Kalinga regained its former glory during the Mahameghabahan Dynasty in the first century BCE. The third king of this dynasty Kharavela made the Kalinga empire and the Atavika land was very strong under his rule. The successive dynasties – the Satavahanas (2nd century CE), Ikshvakus (3rd century CE) had headquarters at Pushkari, near the modern town of Umerkote. The Kesaribeda excavations bear testimony to the rule of King Bhabadatta Varma and King Arathapati. The inscriptions of Podagarh refer to king Skandavarma. The overlord Nala kings are traced to the kings who ruled from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. Their rapid growth landed them in the Odia regions of Bastar and Koraput. Around the 10th century CE a Nala king Bhimesen was ruling over a region now located in Koraput and Ganjam District.
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