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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Gir Somnath district
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| settlement_type                 = District
| image_skyline                   = Image:Somnath-current.jpg
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| image_caption                   = The famed [[Somnath temple]], a [[Hindu]] [[Hindu pilgrimage sites|pilgrimage sites]] is located in Gir Somnath District
| image_map                       = Gir Somnath in Gujarat (India).svg
| map_caption                     = Location of district in Gujarat
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| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1               = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2               = Region
| subdivision_name2               = [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]]
| established_title               = <!-- Established -->
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| seat_type                       = Headquarters
| seat                            = [[Veraval|Somnath]]
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| leader_title                    = District Collectorate
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| unit_pref                       = Metric
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name=survey/>
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| area_total_km2                  = 3,755
| elevation_footnotes             = 
| elevation_m                     = 
| population_total                = 946,790
| population_as_of                = 2011<ref name=survey>[http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/2016-17/Gir%20Somnath%202016-17.P.LSHAH.pdf|District Industrial Potentiality Survey Report of Gir Somnath District [2016-17]</ref>
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| population_density_km2          = auto
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| demographics_type1              = Languages
| demographics1_title1            = Official
| demographics1_info1             = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1                       = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1                     = +5:30
| postal_code_type                = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] -->
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| registration_plate              = GJ 32
| website                         = {{URL|https://girsomnath.nic.in/}}
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'''Gir Somnath District''' is a [[Districts of India|district]] of [[Gujarat]], India.  It is located on the southern corner of the [[Kathiawar|Kathiawar peninsula]] with its headquarters at the City Of [[Veraval|Somnath]].

Gir Somnath District was split from [[Junagadh district]] in August 2013, when seven new districts came into existence in Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Promises Delivered! Gujarat Cabinet approves creation of 7 New Districts and 22 New Talukas |date=25 January 2013 |publisher=[[Narendra Modi]] |url=http://www.narendramodi.in/promises-delivered-gujarat-cabinet-approves-creation-of-7-new-districts-and-22-new-talukas/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415142713/http://www.narendramodi.in/promises-delivered-gujarat-cabinet-approves-creation-of-7-new-districts-and-22-new-talukas/ |archivedate=15 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DG-01">{{Cite news|title=Maps of Gujarat’s new 7 districts and changes in existing districts |date=13 August 2013|newspaper=Desh Gujarat |url=http://deshgujarat.com/2013/08/13/maps-of-gujarats-new-7-districts-and-changes-in-existing-districts/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816151212/http://deshgujarat.com/2013/08/13/maps-of-gujarats-new-7-districts-and-changes-in-existing-districts/ |archivedate=16 August 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Veraval]], [[Talala Taluka|Talala]], [[Sutrapada]], [[Kodinar]], [[Una, Gujarat|Una]] and [[Gir Gadhada Taluka|Gir-Gadhada]] are the talukas of Gir Somnath District.<ref name=profile/>

The [[Gir Forest]] is a home of many wildlife creatures including lions, deer, and monkeys. [[Asiatic Lions]] can be only be found in the Gir Forest.<ref name=profile>[https://girsomnath.gujarat.gov.in/about-gir-somnath About Gir Somnath - Collectorate - District Gir Somnath]</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Delwada]]
* [[Matana, Gir Somnath|Matana]]
* [[Sasan Gir]]
* [[Somnath temple]]
* [[Veraval]]
* Veraval Chowpati
}}

== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Gir Somnath district}}
* [https://girsomnath.nic.in/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Gir Somnath district
|North     = [[Junagadh district]]
|Northeast = [[Amreli district]]
|East      = [[Amreli district]]
|Southeast = ''[[Gulf of Khambhat]]''
|South     = [[Diu district]], [[Daman and Diu]]
|Southwest = ''[[Arabian Sea]]''
|West      = ''[[Arabian Sea]]''
|Northwest = [[Junagadh district]]
}}
{{Gujarat}}
{{coord missing|Gujarat}}


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