Bhuj

Bhuj

▪ India
      town, northwestern Gujarat (Gujarāt) state, west-central India, situated in the lowlands between the Rann (Kachchh, Rann of) (marsh) and the Gulf of Kachchh (Kachchh, Gulf of) (Kutch). The Aina Mahal, built by Rao Lakhpatji in the 18th century and now a museum, is one of Bhuj's major tourist destinations. The town is a commercial centre for wheat, barley, cattle, cotton, and salt produced in the hinterland. Handicrafts include the manufacture of cotton cloth and silver items. Bhuj is the site of the country's first large-scale experiment with solar pond technology (a means of collecting solar energy using brine ponds), and it has several colleges. It is the junction of several state highways and the terminus of a railroad, and it has an airport. The town was devastated by a massive earthquake in 2001. Pop. (2001) town, 98,528; urban agglom., 136,429.

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