Old City | |
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Walled city | |
Clockwise from top: panorama of Old city, Charminar, Government Nizamia General Hospital, Mecca Masjid, Telangana High Court and Dabeerpura Darwaza | |
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| Coordinates: 17°21′58″N 78°28′34″E / 17.366°N 78.476°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Telangana |
| Region | Deccan |
| Founded | 1592 |
| Government | |
| • Body | GHMC, HMDA |
| • Member of Parliament | Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM |
| • Mayor | Gadwal Vijayalakshmi, TRS |
| • Commissioner | M. Mahender Reddy, IPS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 260 km2 (100 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 536 m (1,759 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 500 xxx |
| Telephone code | 91–40, 08413, 08414, 08415, 08418, 0845 |
| Vehicle registration | TS 07,08,09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23, 24 |
| Planning agency | GHMC, Quli Qutub Shah Urban Development Authority |
| Climate | Aw (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 603 millimetres (23.7 in) |
| Avg. annual temperature | 26.0 °C (78.8 °F) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35.9 °C (96.6 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 23.5 °C (74.3 °F) |
| Website | www |
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The Old City of Hyderabad also known as choron ka adda or chor city is a walled city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India, located on the banks of the Musi River built by Qutb Shahi sultan Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 AD. There used to be a wall surrounding the Old City, most of which is destroyed.[3] Mubariz Khan, the Mughal governor of Deccan Subah, had fortified the city in 1712 and was completed by Nizam of Hyderabad.[4]
At the center of Old City is the Charminar, and region contains major neighborhoods of the city including Shah Ali Banda, Yakutpura, Dabirpura, Afzal Gunj, Moghalpura, Malakpet and Amberpet. Today, Hyderabad has expanded far beyond the boundaries of the Old City, and the crowded Old City remains the symbolic heart of cosmopolitan Hyderabad along with HITEC City.[5][6][7] The area is a tourism hotspot, and the heart of Hyderabadi Muslim culture.
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- ^ Rubén Camilo Lois González (2006). Urban changes in different scales: systems and structures. University Santiago de Compostela. p. 611. ISBN 84-9750-639-1. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ "Tracing the Wall Around Hyderabad Which Took 4 Centuries to Build". The Quint. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ K. Narayan Reddy. Urban Redevelopment: A Study of High-rise Buildings. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "The Old City". Hyderabad, India. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ 585 Rani Sarma, Diwan Deodi
- ^ "Hyderabad: Colossal Gloss in City of Boom".