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HIMACHAL PRADESH
ABOUT HIMACHAL
Himachal takes its name from the Himalayas. Himachal literally means 'Land of snowy mountains'. Himachal Pradesh is the northernmost state of India and shares borders with the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to the north, and the states of Punjab to the west, Haryana to the southwest, Uttarakhand to the southeast and a very narrow border with Uttar Pradesh to the south. The state also shares an international border to the east with the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. Himachal Pradesh is almost wholly mountainous with altitudes ranging from 350 metres to 6,975 metres above the mean sea level. Its location is between Latitude 30° 22'40" N to 33° 12'40" N and Longitude 75° 45'55"E to 79° 04'20" E.
