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Area
: 1,96,024 sq.kms.
Population : 4,13,09,582 (1998 figs.)
Capital :
Gandhi Nagar
Language : Gujarati
It has the longest coastline among Indian
states stretching 1,600 kms. Dotted with 41 ports
(including 1 major, 11 intermediate and 29 minor).
Gujarat is the main producer of tobacco, cotton
and groundnut in India.
The state provides inputs and raw materials for
important industries like textiles, oil and soap.
Gujarat is also the home of important cash crops like
isabgol, paddy, wheat and bajra. Forest species
available in Gujarat are teak, khair, salad, haldaryo
and mannual bamboos.
Gujarat has approximately 72,165 kms. of roads
and it is well connected to other states of the Indian
union by road and rail.
Ahmedabad, the premier airport of Gujarat is
connected to major Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai,
Calcutta, Chennai etc. by daily services. The state's
other 9 airports are Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Kandla,
Jamnagar, Keshod, Porbandar, Bhavnagar, Bhuj. |
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