Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh
	Uttar Pradesh; उत्तर प्रदेश ; اتر پردیش
	Land of the Ganges and Yamuna
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	Lucknow Location of Uttar Pradesh in India
Coordinates	26°51′N 80°55′E / 26.85°N 80.91°ECoordinates: 26°51′N 80°55′E / 26.85°N 80.91°E
Country	India
Region	Awadh, Baghelkhand, Braj, Bundelkhand, Purvanchal, RohilKhand, Indo-Gangetic Plain
District(s)	701
Uttar Pradesh	14 November 18342
Capital	Lucknow
Largest metro	Kanpur
Governor	Banwari Lal Joshi
Chief Minister	Kumari Mayawati
Legislature (seats)	Bicameral (404 + 108=512)
Parliamentary constituency	80 (year 2004)
High Court	Allahabad High Court
District Courts of India
Population; • Density	190,891,000 (1st); • 792/km2 (2,051/sq mi)
Sex ratio	111.4 ♂/♀
HDI (2005)	▲; 0.490 (low) (32nd)
Literacy; • Male; • Female	57.37% ; • 70.22%; • 42.97%
Official languages	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area	243,286 square kilometres (93,933 sq mi) (5th)
Climate; Temperature; • Summer; • Winter	Cfa (Köppen); • Àdàkọ:Legend0; • Àdàkọ:Legend0; • Àdàkọ:Legend0
Governing body	Government of India, Government of Uttar Pradesh
• UN/LOCODE	• INUP
• Vehicle	• UP XX XXXX
ISO 3166-2	IN-UP
	Portal: Uttar Pradesh
	Footnotes 1 The decision to possibly create additional districts is pending.; 2, ; - 14 November 1834 : Presidency of Agra. ; - 1 January 1836 : North-Western Provinces. ; - 3 April 1858 : Oudh taken under British control, Delhi taken away from NWP & merged into Punjab. ; - 1 April 1871 : Ajmer, Merwara & Kekri made separate commissionership. ; - 15 February 1877 : Oudh added to North-Western Provinces. ; - 22 March 1902 : Renamed United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. ; - 3 January 1921 : Renamed United Provinces of British India. ; - 1 April 1937 : Renamed United Provinces ; - 1 April 1946 : Self rule granted. ; - 15 August 1947 : Part of independent India. ; - 26 January 1950 : Renamed Uttar Pradesh ; - 9 November 2000 : Uttaranchal state created from part of Uttar Pradesh.
Website	www.upgov.nic.in

Uttar Pradesh (Híndì: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), pronounced [ˈʊtːər prəˈdeːʃ] ( ẹ tẹ́tí gbọ́), "Northern Province"), jẹ́ ìkan nínú àwọn ìpínlẹ̀ méjìdínlọ́gbọ̀n ní orílẹ̀-èdè India.^[5]^[6]^[7]