Editing Manipal (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Manipal
| image_skyline                   = {{photomontage 
| photo1a = Night in Manipal.jpg
| photo4a = Manipal Lake - MB01.jpg
| photo3b = Manipal End Point Park.jpg
| photo2a = MIT Academic Block 1 - Quadrangle.jpg
| photo2b = MAHEMANIPALTRICOLOUR.jpg
| photo3a = Manipal rocks copy.jpg
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| size    = 250}}
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| image_caption                   = Manipal Skyline, [[Manipal Institute of Technology]], [[Manipal Academy of Higher Education]], Manipal End Point Park, Manipal Lake
| image_size                      = 550px
| other_name                      = 
| settlement_type                 = Suburb/Town
| nickname                        = 
| pushpin_map                     = India Karnataka#India3
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| coordinates                     = {{coord|13.347|N|74.788|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1               = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_type3               = Region
| subdivision_name1               = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Udupi district|Udupi]]
| subdivision_name3               = [[Tulu Nadu]]
| established_title               = <!-- Established -->
| established_date                = 
| founder                         = 
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| unit_pref                       = Metric
| area_footnotes                  = 
| area_total_km2                  = 29.71
| area_rank                       = 
| elevation_footnotes             = 
| elevation_m                     = 73
| population_total                = 50001
| population_as_of                = 2020
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_density_km2          = auto
| population_rank                 = 
| population_demonym              = Manipalite
| demographics_type1              = Languages
| demographics1_title1            = Official
| timezone1                       = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1                     = +5:30
| postal_code_type                = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code                     = 576 104
| area_code                       = 0820
| area_code_type                  = Telephone code
| iso_code                        = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KA]]
| registration_plate              = KA-20
| website                         = {{URL|www.udupicity.mrc.gov.in}}
| footnotes                       = 
| demographics1_info1             = [[Kannada]], [[English Language|English]],[[Tulu language|Tulu]]
| official_name                   = 
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[[file:Smriti Bhavan Manipal.jpg|thumb|300px|The house of [[T. M. A. Pai]] located in Manipal; it has since been converted to a museum.]]
'''Manipal''' is a suburb and university town within [[Udupi]], in [[coast]]al [[Karnataka]], India. Manipal is located five kilometres away from the centre of [[Udupi]] City, in [[Udupi District]], Karnataka (state) in south western India. It is administered by the Udupi City Municipality. The suburb is located in coastal [[Karnataka]], 62&nbsp;km north of [[Mangalore]] and 8&nbsp;km east of the [[Arabian Sea]]. From its location on a [[plateau]], at an altitude of about 75 metres above sea level, it commands a panoramic view of the Arabian Sea to the west and the [[Western Ghats]] to the east. Manipal has a tropical climate with moderate to heavy rainfall during the monsoon season, making it lush and green throughout the year.

Home to the [[Manipal Academy of Higher Education]], the town attracts more than twenty-five thousand students every year, hence most of the population consists of students or university staff.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Mangalore-a-melting-pot/articleshow/4044055.cms?|title=Mangalore a melting pot | last=Tejaswi|first=Mini Joseph|date=29 January 2009|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref> There are numerous spots throughout the suburb that attract students from nearby [[Mangalore]] and [[Udupi]] such as End Point, Manipal Lake, Malpe Beach, and Peacock Point. The city owes its development to [[Manipal Academy of Higher Education]] for converting this into a student city.<ref>{{cite news
|url = https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/manipal-how-a-barren-hillock-in-mangalore-has-transformed-into-a-university-town/articleshow/55915833.cms
|date = 2016-02-01
|title =  Manipal: How a barren hillock in Mangalore has transformed into a university town 
|access-date = 2016-12-17
|publisher = [[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> It is called "Campus Town" by the locals.<ref name="manipal">{{cite web|url=https://manipal.edu/mu/about-us/history.html|title=History &#124; Manipal Academy of Higher Education (formerly, Manipal University)|website=manipal.edu|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref>

A regional information technology hub, Manipal has one of the lowest densities of mobile phones in India.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/12/23/stories/2006122300740100.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001061015/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/12/23/stories/2006122300740100.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 2007-10-01
|date = 2006-02-23
|work = [[The Hindu]]
|title =  A cool crowd
|access-date = 2007-06-11
}}</ref>