Editing Junagadh (section)

{{About|the city in Gujarat, India||Junagarh (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}

'''Junagadh''' ({{audio|Junagadh.ogg|જૂનાગઢ}}) is the city and headquarters of [[Junagadh district]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Gujarat]]. Located at the foot of the [[Girnar hill]]s, {{convert|355|km}} southwest of [[Ahmedabad]] and [[Gandhinagar]] (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state. It is dominated by the Chudasama clan of Rajputs since ancient times.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Trivedi |first=Harshad R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWABAAAAMAAJ&q=chudasama+rajputs |title=The Mers of Saurashtra: An Exposition of Their Social Structure and Organisation |date=1961 |publisher=Faculty of Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda |language=en}}</ref>  
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Junagadh
| settlement_type    = City
| image_skyline      = {{Photomontage
| photo1a                = Gate of Junagadh.jpg
| photo2a                = Narsinh Mehta.jpg
| photo2b                = Girnar hills.jpg
|photo3a = Damodar Kund - Junagadh - Gujarat - DSC005.jpg
|photo3b = Damodar Kund - Junagadh - Gujarat - DSC004.jpg
| photo4a                = Swaminarayan Temple - Junagadhdham.jpg
| photo4b                = Bahauddin Maqbara by Kshitij.jpg
| size                   = 280
| spacing                = 1
| position               = centre
| border                 = 0
| color                  = gray
}}
| image_alt          = Junagadh
| image_caption      = From top:  Gate of the city of Junagadh, Statue of [[Narsinh Mehta]], Girnar Hills, [[Radha Damodar Temple, Junagadh]], [[Damodar Kund]], [[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Junagadh]], Mahabat Maqbara
| pushpin_map        = India Gujarat#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt    = Junagadh
| pushpin_map_caption = Junagadh ([[Gujarat]])
| coordinates        = {{coord|21|31|19.9|N|70|27|28.4|E|display=inline,title}}[https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Junagadh&params=21_31_19.9_N_70_27_28.4_E_type:city(319462)_region:IN-GJ]
| subdivision_type   = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flagicon image|Flag of Gujarat.svg}} [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of regions of India|Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]]
| governing_body     = [[Junagadh Municipal Corporation]]
| leader_party       = [[BJP]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Geetaben Parmar<ref>{{cite news |title=Junagadh Gets New Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Other Office Holders |url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2022/01/31/junagadh-gets-new-mayor-dy-mayor-other-office-bearers/ |date=31 January 2022 |website=DeshGujarat |access-date=2 February 2022}}</ref>
| unit_pref          = Metric
| area_rank          = 7th
| area_total_km2     = 160
| elevation_m        = 102.27
| population_total   = 4,65,000
| population_as_of   = 2025
| population_rank    = 137
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2011Cities>{{cite web |title=Junagadh City Population Census 2011 {{!}} Gujarat |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/331-junagadh.html|website=www.census2011.co.in |access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info        = 1.04 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| timezone1          = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1        = +5:30
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code        = 36200x
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone]] code
| area_code          = +91285xxxxxxx
| registration_plate = GJ-11
| blank2_name_sec1   = [[Literacy rate]]
| blank2_info_sec1   = 88.00%
| website            = {{URL|junagadhmunicipal.org}}
| official_name      = 
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Junagadh district|Junagadh]]
| government_type    = [[Municipal Corporation]]
| demographics_type1 = [[Language]]s
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = {{hlist|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]|[[Hindi]]}}
| established_date   = 319 BCE
| established_title  = Established
}}

Literally translated, Junagadh means "Old Fort".<ref name=Madan>{{cite book|title=India through the ages|url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/179 179]|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref> It was a part of Saurashtra state and later Bombay state. In 1960, in consequence of the Maha Gujarat movement, it became part of the newly formed Gujarat state.