Kanpur

Kanpur  pronunciation^? (Template:Lang-hi, Template:Lang-ur), spelled as Cawnpore afore 1948, is the tent maist populous ceety in Indie an the lairgest athin the state o Uttar Pradesh. It is the lairgest ceety o the Hindi-speakin belt efter Delhi. It remains ane o the auldest industrial towunships o North Indie, although it haes no kept pace wi IT industry growth in the rest o Indie due tae poleetical indifference.

It haes a metropolitan aurie o ower 1,640 square kilometres (630 sq mi) an a ceety aurie o aroond 829 km² wi an approximate poplation o 5 million inhabitants. The status o the ceety wis upgradit when it wis includit in the "Coonter Magnets" o Naitional Caipital Region (NCR).

Kanpur is ane o the fastest growin ceeties in Indie especially the industrial growth in the first decade o the 21st century is phenomenal supportit bi the fact that the number o industrial units that wur aroond 14,000 in the year 1998 haes amaist mair than doubled tae nearly 29,000 bi 2009 juist in 10 years duration which is exceptional growth.

Internaitional relations

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Indie

Kanpur haes follaein relations wi these ceeties.

Date		Sister Ceety
1967		San Jose, Unitit States
1981		Wuhan, Cheenae
1995		Sunshine Coast, Australie
1970		Manchester, Unitit Kinrick
1994		Saitama, Japan

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