| LC control no. | n 81068680 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) |
| Variant(s) | Benares (India) Banāras (India) Kasi (India) Varanasi Municipal Corporation (India) Kashi (India) Varanassi (India) Banārasa (India) Варанаси (India) Nagara Nigama Vārāṇasī (India) Vārāṇasī Nagara Nigama (India) Mahakashi (India) |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. India, a ref. annual, 1983: p. 33 (Local government-Municipal corporations have been established for major cities under specific Acts of the state legislature. These are headed by elected mayors) |
| Found in | Dutta, V. R. Decision making in urban government and politics, 1986: p. viii (Varanasi Municipal Corporation) Dying the good death, 1996: CIP pref. (Kashi) GEOnet, Mar. 22, 2002 (Vārānasi[native], Benares [conventional]--PPL, 25°20ʹN 83°00ʹE, variants: Varanassi, Kāsi, Banāras; another Vārānasi listed in Orissa) Britannica online, Mar. 22, 2002 (Va̲ra̲nasi [sic]; also called Benares, Banaras, or Kasi; city, southeastern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India) Col. gaz. of the world online, Mar. 22, 2002 (Varanasi, city, Varanasi dist., SE Uttar Pradesh state, N central India; from anc. times city was also called Kashi, or Kashi Varanasi; formerly called Banaras, Benares) Acad. Amer. encyc., 1997 (Varanasi (or Benares)) World book encyc., 1992 (Varanasi; also known as Banaras, Benares) Encyc. Amer., 1999 (Varanasi; formerly Benares, later Banaras; Hindus also call it Kasi (Kashi)) Web. geog. dict., 1997 (Varanasi, also called Benares or Banaras or Kasi) Āja bhī vahī Banārasa hai, 2007: t.p. verso (Banārasa) Nagara Nigama kī prabandhakīya vyavasthā, 2009: p. 65 (Nagara Nigama Vārāṇasī; Vārāṇasī Nagara Nigama) Mahakashi, 2013: map recto (Mahakashi) |
| Geographic area code | a-ii--- |
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