Jaipur

Jaipur ⁱ/ˈdʒaɪpʊər/ is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Indie state o Rajasthan in Northren Indie. It wis foondit on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler o Amber, efter whom the ceety haes been named. The ceety the day haes a population o 3.1 million. Jaipur is kent as the Pink Ceety o Indie.

Jaipur जयपुर
Metropolitan Ceety
Clockwise frae tap: Jal Mahal, Lakshmi-Narayan Temple, Albert Hall, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar
Eik-name(s):  The Pink Ceety
Jaipur
Coordinates: 26.9260°N 75.8235°E / 26.9260; 75.8235
Kintra	Indie
State	Rajasthan
Destrict	Jaipur
Settled	November 18, 1727
Foondit bi	Jai Singh II
Named for	Jai Singh II
Govrenment
• Teep	Democratic
• Mayor	Jyoti Khandelwal (INC)
• Police commissioner	Bhupendra Kumar Dak
Area
• Metropolitan Ceety	111.8 km2 (43.2 sq mi)
Elevation	431 m (1,414 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Metropolitan Ceety	3,073,350(10th India)
• Density	27,613/km2 (71,520/sq mi)
• Urban	3,499,204
• Rural	3,164,767
• Metro rank	10t IN
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Pincode(s)	302 0xx
Area code(s)	91141-XXXX XXXX
Vehicle registration	RJ-14 (Jaipur), RJ-45 (Jaipur North)
Spoken leids	Organised alphabetically: Hindi Rajasthani Punjabi
Primary Airport	Jaipur Internaitional Airport (Major/Internaitional)
Website	www.jaipur.nic.in

The ceety is unuisual amang pre-modren Indie ceeties in the regularity o its streets, an the diveesion o the city intae sax sectors bi broad streets 34 m (111 ft) wide. The urban quarters are further dividit bi networks o griddit streets. Five quarters wrap aroond the east, sooth, an wast sides o a central palace quarter, wi a saxt quarter immediately tae the east. The Palace quarter encloses the Hawa Mahal palace complex, formal gairdens, an a smaa loch. Nahargarh Fort, which wis the residence o the King Sawai Jai Singh II, crouns the hill in the northwast corner o the auld ceety. The observatory, Jantar Mantar, is ane o the Warld Heritage Steids.^[2] Includit on the Golden Triangle tourist circuit, alang wi Delhi an Agra, Jaipur is an extremely popular tourist destination in Rajasthan an Indie.

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