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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Gir Somnath district<br />
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| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = District<br />
| image_skyline = Image:Somnath-current.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = The famed [[Somnath temple]], a [[Hindu]] [[Hindu pilgrimage sites|pilgrimage sites]] is located in Gir Somnath District<br />
| image_map = Gir Somnath in Gujarat (India).svg<br />
| map_caption = Location of district in Gujarat<br />
| coordinates = <br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = Region<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
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| seat_type = Headquarters<br />
| seat = [[Veraval|Somnath]]<br />
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| governing_body = <br />
| leader_title = District Collectorate<br />
| leader_name = <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <ref name=survey/><br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 3,755<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 946,790<br />
| 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><br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = <br />
| registration_plate = GJ 32<br />
| website = {{URL|https://girsomnath.nic.in/}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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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]].<br />
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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><br />
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[[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/><br />
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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><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Delwada]]<br />
* [[Matana, Gir Somnath|Matana]]<br />
* [[Sasan Gir]]<br />
* [[Somnath temple]]<br />
* [[Veraval]]<br />
* Veraval Chowpati<br />
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== Notes and references ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{Commons category|Gir Somnath district}}<br />
* [https://girsomnath.nic.in/ Official website]<br />
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{{Geographic location<br />
|Centre = Gir Somnath district<br />
|North = [[Junagadh district]]<br />
|Northeast = [[Amreli district]]<br />
|East = [[Amreli district]]<br />
|Southeast = ''[[Gulf of Khambhat]]''<br />
|South = [[Diu district]], [[Daman and Diu]]<br />
|Southwest = ''[[Arabian Sea]]''<br />
|West = ''[[Arabian Sea]]''<br />
|Northwest = [[Junagadh district]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Gujarat}}<br />
{{coord missing|Gujarat}}<br />
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