Srinagar سرینگر |
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View of Srinagar and Dal Lake
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Location in Jammu and Kashmir | |
Coordinates: 34°5′24″N 74°47′24″E / 34.09000°N 74.79000°ECoordinates: 34°5′24″N 74°47′24″E / 34.09000°N 74.79000°E | |
Country | India |
State | Jammu and Kashmir |
District | Srinagar |
Government | |
• Governor | N. N. Vohra |
Area | |
• Metropolis | 294 km2 (114 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,585 m (5,200 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Metropolis | 1,180,570 |
• Rank | 34th |
• Density | 4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,273,312 |
• Metro Rank | 38th |
Languages | |
• Official | Urdu |
• Other Spoken languages | Kashmiri |
• Regional | Kashmiri |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
PIN | 190 001 |
Telephone code | 0194 |
Vehicle registration | JK 01 |
Sex ratio | 888 ♀/ 1000 ♂ |
Literacy | 69.15% |
Distance from Delhi | 876 kilometres (544 mi) NW |
Distance from Mumbai | 2,275 kilometres (1,414 mi) NE (land) |
Climate | Cfa |
Precipitation | 710 millimetres (28 in) |
Avg. summer temperature | 23.3 °C (73.9 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 3.2 °C (37.8 °F) |
Website | www |
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Srinagar /ˈsriˌnʌɡʌr/ ( listen ) is the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is famous for its gardens, waterfronts and houseboats. It is also known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts and dried fruits.
Folk etymology draws the city name from two Sanskrit words: śrī ("glory, prosperity", a name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi) and nagar ("city"), which would make "City of Lakshmi" (or "City of Prosperity").
However, the earliest records mention the name as siri-nagar which in turn is a local transformation of the original Sanskrit name sūrya-nagar, meaning "City of the Sun" (or, of a sun god).