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Districts of Northern Gujarat
Patan District is located in Northern Part of Gujarat. It is surrounded by Banas Kantha District to its North and North East, Mehsan to its South & South East and Kutch District and Kutch nu Nanu Ran (Little Rann of Kutch). Its Eastern Parts like Harij & Sami are quite near to International Border with Pakistan and hence quite sensitive. It was Carved out mainly from Mehsana District. Radhanpur & Santalpur from Banaskantha District wer also merged in Patan District. Its Headquarter is the Historic city of Patan, Gujarat. Apart from Patan, Modhera is also an important Tourist Destination. The district had a population of 1,182,709 of which 20.16% were urban as of 2001. [1]
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