KARNATAKA
Area: 1, 91, 791 sq. km
Latitude: 14˚ 54’ N
Principal language: Kannada
Longitude: 75˚ 48’ E
Population: 5, 27 33,958
Capital: Bangalore
Situation: the state is located in the mid
western part of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by Goa in the North West,
Maharashtra in the north and Andhra Pradesh in the east, Tamil Nadu in the
south and Kerala in the south west. On its western side in the Arabian Sea with
a coastline of nearly 400 km.
BANGALORE
·
Capital
city of the state.
·
One
of the principal centre of engineering industries of India.
·
First
telephone manufacturing factory of India is located at Duravani, 10 km away
from Bangalore.