vadodara

Occupying an area of 7,794 sq km. Vadodara District, in the east of Gujarat, has a population of 36,41,802 as of 2001 census. The economic scenario is largely moulded by industries like petrochemicals, engineering, pharmaceuticals, and plastics and includes big-names like Gujarat Refinery, Indian Oil Corporation, ONGC, GAIL, GACL, and IPCL. Popularly named as Baroda, Vadodara is connected to the other parts of the state by NH-1 and NH- 8. There is also broad-gauge railway and the district's own airport.

A city of palaces and gardens popular tourist spots include-

    * Laxmi Vilas Palace
    * Nazar Baug Palace
    * Makarpura Palace
    * Pratap Vilas Palace
    * Kirti Mandir (Temple of Fame)
    * Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
    * Sayaji Baug
    * Floral clock
    * Dakshinamurty Temple
    * Ajwa & Nimeta

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Gujarat-districts


ahmedabad          amreli             anand

banaskanta          bharuch           bhavnagar 

dahod               gandhinagar        jamnagar

junagadh          kachchh             kheda

mahesana          narmada           navsari

palanpur           panchmahal      patan

porbandar         rajkot           sabarkantha

surat        surendranagar        thedang

vadodara       valsad



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