Tourist Guide Aurangabad
Aurangabad is a city in the state of Maharashtra.
The city is named after the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. In Persian, Aurangabad means “built by the throne.”
As there are many gates in this city, it is called as “City of Gates.”
The city is encircled by hills on all the sides.
The annual temperatures in this city vary from 9 to 40 °C. The minimum temperature of this city so far is 2 °C and the maximum is 46 °C. In winter, the region near Aurangabad is at times affected by the cold waves and the temperature drops to around 4 °C.
From June to September, there is rainfall due to monsoon. The average yearly rainfall is 725 mm.
The population of Aurangabad in 2006 was almost 1.4 million.
