Patan district
Patan district | |
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Location of district in Gujarat | |
| Coordinates: 23°49′48″N 72°7′12″E / 23.83000°N 72.12000°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Gujarat |
| Founded by | Vanaraja Chavda |
| Named after | Anhilpur Patan |
| Headquarters | Patan |
| Taluks | Patan City Siddhpur Chanasma Harij Radhanpur Santalpur Saraswati Shankheshwar Sami Unjha (Until 2011) |
| Government | |
| • District Collector | Shri Arvind V., IAS |
| • MP | Bharatsinhji Dabhi |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,792 km2 (2,236 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,343,734 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Gujarati, Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | GJ-24 |
| Website | gujaratindia |
| Official name | Rani ki vav |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i), (iv) |
| Designated | 2014 (38th session) |
| Reference no. | 922 |
| Region | Southern Asia |
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Patan district is one of the 34 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Its main city is Patan. This district is located in northern Gujarat and bounded by Vav-Tharad district in the north, Banaskantha district in the northeast, Mehsana district in the east and southeast, Surendranagar district in the south and Kutch District and the Kutch nu Nanu Ran (Little Rann of Kutch) in the west. The district occupies an area of 5792 km2.
Some of its areas, Harij and Sami, bordering Kutch are quite sensitive as there is no settled population between there and the border of Pakistan even though geographically the border is quite some distance away.