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{{Infobox settlement
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Gujarat]]
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| subdivision_name2       = [[Surat district|Surat]]
| established_title       = <!-- 1600 Year Ago -->
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| elevation_m             = 4
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| postal_code             = 394270
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'''Hazira''' is a suburb and a [[transshipment]] port in the [[Surat City]] in the [[Gujarat]] state of India. It is the west most end of Surat.

Hazira is one of the major ports of India and the most important element of [[Surat Metropolitan Region]]. The town is known as the industrial hub of India and is located on the bank of the [[Tapti River]], eight kilometers away from the [[Arabian Sea]]. It is a centre for health tourism due to its natural springs, and a base for major industrial and [[shipping]] facilities like [[Essar]], [[Kribhco]], [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]], [[Larsen & Toubro]], [[NTPC Limited|NTPC]], [[ONGC]], [[GAIL]], [[GSEG Combined Cycle Power plant, Hazira|GSEG power plant]], [[Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation]], [[UltraTech Cement]] and [[Reliance Hazira Manufacturing Division(HMD)|Hazira Manufacturing Division(HMD)]] of [[Reliance Industries]].

==Etymology==

The original name of the village was Dhau. The village had a grave of British Officer named Wock. The grave in Gujarati is called as "Hajiro" (હજીરો). The name became popular and village became famous as Hajira.<ref>{{cite book |last= Patel |first= Vallabhbahi Lallubhai |date=1925-03-31 |title=ગુજરાત પ્રાંત (Gujarat Prant) |url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.256441  |location= Ahmedabad |publisher= The Gujarat Oriental Book Depot |page= 50 }}</ref>

==Transport==
Hazira is 22&nbsp;km from [[Surat]] and takes 30–35 minutes from Surat to Hazira.{{Clarify|date=September 2019}} One can avail [[Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation]]'s bus service from Adajan GSRTC Depot to reach Hazira.

==Port==
{{main|Hazira Port Private Limited}}
[[Hazira Port]] is a deep-water [[liquefied natural gas]] (LNG) terminal and multi-cargo port. The LNG terminal is operational and it is India's largest, with a storage and export capacity of 2.5 million tonnes. It is a joint venture between [[Shell Oil]] and [[Total S.A.]]<ref name="lldcn">{{cite news| last =Nadkarni |first = Shirish|title =Developers sought for Hazira port| work =Lloyd's List Daily Commercial News | pages =20 | publisher =Informa Australia | date =11 December 2008 }}</ref> Storage and export capacity is intended to be increased to 3.8 million tonnes by the end of 2009.<ref name="lldcn"/>

A [[containerization|container]] terminal capable of handling one million [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]] is currently under construction by Singapore company [[PSA Corporation]].<ref name="lldcn"/>

L&T shipyard started production of small ships and naval crafts in 2010.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

==See also==
* [[List of tourist attractions in Surat]]

==References==
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Surat]]
[[Category:Economy of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Economy of Surat]]


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