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/rahn"chee/, n.a city in S Bihar, in E India. 256,011.
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▪ Indiacity, capital of Jharkhand state, northeastern India, lying along the Subarnarekha River. With major rail and road connections, it is the centre of the region's agricultural, cotton, and tea trade. Silk production and the manufacture of shellac and heavy machine tools are the city's major industries. The headquarters of the National Coal Development Corporation, the Heavy Engineering Corporation, and the Hindustan Steel Company are located there, as are a military cantonment, radium and lac research institutes, and two mental-health hospitals. Ranchi University, founded in 1960, includes affiliated colleges of law, medicine, and teacher training. Ranchi was constituted a municipality in 1869.Ranchi is situated on the Ranchi plateau of the Chota Nagpur plateau system, with lofty flat-topped hills (pats) in the northwest. Rice is the principal crop in lands irrigated by the Subarnarekha, Sankh, North Koel, and South Koel rivers. Bauxite, limestone, and kaolin (china clay) deposits are worked in the locality. Pop. (2001) city, 847,093.* * *
Universalium. 2010.
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Ranchi — Ajouter une image Administration Pays Inde État et territoire Jharkhand District … Wikipédia en Français
Ranchi — Ranchi … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ranchi — (Rānchī) ► C. del NE de la India, en el estado de Bihar; 614 454 h … Enciclopedia Universal
Ranchi — [ rɑːntʃɪ], Stadt im Bundesstaat Bihar, Indien, auf dem Chota Nagpur Plateau, 599 000 Einwohner; katholischer Erzbischofssitz; Universität (gegründet 1960), Landwirtschaftsuniversität (gegründet 1981). Die staatliche Schwermaschinenfabrik ist… … Universal-Lexikon
Ranchi — [rän′chē] city in S Bihar, NE India: pop. 599,000 … English World dictionary
Ranchi — Original name in latin Ranchi Name in other language Ranchi, Ranci, Rani, R Rnchi, Rnch lan qi, lanchi, raci, ramci, ranchi, ranchy, ranci, ranci jilla, Ранчи, Ранчі, State code IN Continent/City Asia/Kolkata longitude 23.34777 latitude 85.33856… … Cities with a population over 1000 database
Ranchi — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Rānchī Country and Admin Code IN.38.1258527 IN … World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II
Ranchi — geographical name city E India, capital of Jharkhand population 599,306 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Ranchi — noun The state capital of Jharkhand (India) … Wiktionary
Ranchi — Ran•chi [[t]ˈrɑn tʃi[/t]] n. geg a city in S Bihar, in E India. 599,306 … From formal English to slang
