Dharwad District General Information |
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Dharwad
is a beautiful town of almost 200000 residents in the north west part
of Karnataka, India.
The history of Dharwad can be traced back to 12th century. It is just east
of magnificent "Western Ghats". Dharwad is surrounded of hills
and there are numerous lakes and other smaller water bodies.
The District of Dharwad is strategically located in Northern Karnataka, with industrial city of Hubli. Dharwad was recently divided into two more districts, Gadag and Haveri. This signifies, how well the district has progressed financially and politically, that necessitated creation of more administrative divisions. Dharwad is quiet and peaceful city amidst lot of vegetation . It has made many people's dreams come true through its educational institutions and generous people, who have always supported poorer students. Students come here from all over North Karnataka. On the western Side Mountains of Saiyhadri a river called Shalmala originated in Dharwad but she flows underground. Western part of Dharwad is called Malenadu full of forestry of red soil. Eastern part of Dharwad is called BelawalNadu Flat land of black soil. Central Part of Dharwad is Gadinadu -Mixture of both. Weather throughout out the year is pleasant. Especially summer evenings are cool. Geologically Major part of the city has schist layers The town is spread between seven hills -namely
There were nine lakes , but only two exist today namely
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