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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Naliya
| other_name              =
| nickname                =
| settlement_type         = Town
| image_skyline           = Jain Temple in naliya.jpg
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = Jain Temple in Naliya
| pushpin_map             = India Gujarat#India3
| pushpin_label_position  = right
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Gujarat, India
| coordinates             = {{coord|23|15|40|N|068|49|36|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Kutch District|Kutch]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Taluka]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Abdasa Taluka|Abdasa]]
| established_title       = <!-- Established -->
| established_date        =
| founder                 =
| named_for               = Coldest Area In Gujarat
| government_type         =
| governing_body          =
| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_footnotes          =
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| area_total_km2          =
| elevation_footnotes     =
| elevation_m             =
| population_total        = 11,415
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_rank         =
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      =
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| blank_name_sec1         = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank_info_sec1         = [[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kachchh]]
| blank1_name_sec1        = [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1        = [[Abdasa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Abdasa]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Assembly Constituencies-Post delimitation, State: Gujarat, District: Ahmadabad|publisher=National Information Centre, Government of India|url=http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF%5CGujarat_Maps%5CAhmadabad.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224204207/http://gisserver1.nic.in/ecimaps/ECIPDF/Gujarat_Maps/Ahmadabad.pdf|archivedate=2012-12-24}}</ref>
| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| postal_code_type        = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] -->
| postal_code             = 370655
| registration_plate      = GJ 12
| website                 = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}
| footnotes               =
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'''Naliya''' is a town, which is also the [[taluka]] headquarters of [[Abdasa Taluka]] of [[Kutch District]] (kachchh), [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It is located on the western end of Kutch 19&nbsp;km by road from ancient port of [[Jakhau]].
==History==
Naliya was a prosperous trading town in past who had trading ties with [[Zanzibar]] and [[Bombay]]. It had  a population of 5238 in 1880.<ref name="gbp">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA210|year=1880|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|page=244}}</ref>
==Climate==
{{weather box|width=auto
| location = Naliya (1981–2010, extremes 1958–present)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 36.2
| Feb record high C = 38.6
| Mar record high C = 43.4
| Apr record high C = 43.5
| May record high C = 46.1
| Jun record high C = 43.4
| Jul record high C = 41.4
| Aug record high C = 37.9
| Sep record high C = 40.7
| Oct record high C = 42.0
| Nov record high C = 39.7
| Dec record high C = 36.9
|year record high C = 46.1
| Jan high C = 27.9
| Feb high C = 29.9
| Mar high C = 33.0
| Apr high C = 34.8
| May high C = 35.1
| Jun high C = 34.8
| Jul high C = 32.6
| Aug high C = 31.3
| Sep high C = 32.6
| Oct high C = 35.4
| Nov high C = 33.6
| Dec high C = 29.5
|year high C = 32.5
| Jan low C = 10.4
| Feb low C = 13.0
| Mar low C = 17.5
| Apr low C = 21.6
| May low C = 26.0
| Jun low C = 27.8
| Jul low C = 27.0
| Aug low C = 25.8
| Sep low C = 24.7
| Oct low C = 21.1
| Nov low C = 16.1
| Dec low C = 12.0
|year low C = 20.2
| Jan record low C = 1.2
| Feb record low C = 0.4
| Mar record low C = 6.4
| Apr record low C = 11.7
| May record low C = 16.4
| Jun record low C = 20.0
| Jul record low C = 22.1
| Aug record low C = 21.2
| Sep record low C = 17.4
| Oct record low C = 11.2
| Nov record low C = 5.0
| Dec record low C = 0.6
|year record low C = 0.4
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 1.5
| Feb rain mm = 2.5
| Mar rain mm = 0.3
| Apr rain mm = 0.0
| May rain mm = 20.3
| Jun rain mm = 35.7
| Jul rain mm = 156.5
| Aug rain mm = 89.0
| Sep rain mm = 54.1
| Oct rain mm = 2.9
| Nov rain mm = 2.8
| Dec rain mm = 0.8
|year rain mm = 365.5
| Jan rain days = 0.1
| Feb rain days = 0.3
| Mar rain days = 0.1
| Apr rain days = 0.0
| May rain days = 1.1
| Jun rain days = 2.4
| Jul rain days = 7.0
| Aug rain days = 3.5
| Sep rain days = 1.6
| Oct rain days = 0.3
| Nov rain days = 0.2
| Dec rain days = 0.1
|year rain days = 16.7
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 32
| Feb humidity = 36
| Mar humidity = 41
| Apr humidity = 50
| May humidity = 62
| Jun humidity = 67
| Jul humidity = 74
| Aug humidity = 75
| Sep humidity = 67
| Oct humidity = 48
| Nov humidity = 33
| Dec humidity = 32
|year humidity = 52
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Naliya Climatological Table 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| pages = 531–532
| access-date = 28 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M57
| access-date = 28 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
== Demographics ==
In the 2011 census, the village of Naliya had 11,415 inhabitants for a gender ratio of 939 females per thousand males.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census 2001 Population Finder: Gujarat: Kachchh: Abdasa: Naliya|publisher=Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=631239&category=VILLAGE|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603042944/http://censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=631239&category=VILLAGE|archivedate=3 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Indian Air Force Station==
Naliya is home to the [[Naliya Air Force Station]] of the [[Indian Air Force]], which was built here in view of the town's proximity to Pakistan.<ref>[http://www.exam-results.com/schoolsinindia/schoolsingujarat/kendriyavidyalayacbse10.htm Air Force Station,Naliya (kutch),Kutch-370 655]</ref>
==Transport==
[[File:Naliya railway network.jpg|thumb|right|Naliya Railway Line]]
[[National Highway 41 (India)|National Highway 41]] connects Naliya to [[Bhuj]].
A [[Metre-gauge railway|metre gauge]] railway line was laid in 1980 to connect the town with Bhuj. Passenger and freight trains ran on it from [[Naliya railway station]] to Bhuj. The track was abandoned later after Gandhidham-Bhuj section was converted to broad-gauge and this 101.52&nbsp;km railway line became isolated. Gauge conversion to broad gauge was approved by the government in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2008/10/16/bhuj-naliya-broad-gauge-rail-line-sanctioned | title=Bhuj-Naliya Broad Gauge rail line sanctioned | date=16 October 2008 }}</ref> The gauge conversion of 28&nbsp;km was completed up between Bhuj and Desalpur in 2018. The work in remaining 74&nbsp;km is in progress.
The Naliya Cantonment Station will be the rail station for Naliya town after the gauge conversion is completed. Due to security reason the {{convert|6.12|km|mi}} railway line stretch between Naliya Cantonment and Naliya Town will not be made since Naliya is situated just {{convert|25.98|km|mi}} from India-Pakistan border of [[Sir Creek]] marsh lands.
==Tourism==
===Naliya Jain Derasar===
Naliya is a century old town, which has [[Jain]] temples and mosques built several centuries ago.<ref>[http://www.yatratojaintemples.com/english/par150_details.asp?tempid=823 Shri Naliya Tirth]</ref><ref>[http://www.jinalaya.com/gujarat/naliya.htm Naliya]</ref> It is a famous Jain pilgrimage center and one of the five famous Jain temples of ''Abdasa ni Panchtirthi'' (meaning five-temples of ''Abdasa'') is in the town. This temple belongs to the [[Śvetāmbara]] sect of [[Jainism]]. Other [[Jain temple]]s are in nearby places in Abdasa Taluka. The main architects of these centuries old Jain temples were [[Mistris of Kutch]].<ref>Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas : A brief History & Glory: by Raja Pawan Jethwa. (2007) Calcutta.pp:28-29</ref><ref>Nanji Bapa ni Nondh-pothi published in Gujarati in year 1999 from Vadodara.</ref>
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Moolnayak Bhagwaan is [[Chandraprabha]]. The main idol of Shri Chandraprabhu Bhagwan is Swet varn(white coloured) of about 72&nbsp;cm in padmasanastha position.
===Bustard Sanctuary===
[[File:Great Indian bustard.jpg|thumb|Great Indian bustard]]
Naliya is also famous for [[Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary]] also known as Lala–Parjan Sanctuary, which is located nearby the town. With an area of about only 2 square kilometers, it is the smallest sanctuary in the country. There are approximately 30 [[great Indian bustard]]s here, second only to [[Desert National Park]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref>[http://www.mbendi.com/facility/107/f425.htm Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary, Naliya, Kachchh]</ref><ref>[http://www.indianaturewatch.net/view_cat.php?tag=Naliya%20-%20Kutch%20-%20Gujarat Naliya Birds]</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Kutch district]]