Uttar Pradesh

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**Uttar Pradesh** () is a state in northern India. For short, people call it “UP.” Lucknow is the capital city of UP.

The population of the state is 199,581,477 (census 2011). Uttar Pradesh has more people than any other state of India. It covers an area of 93,933 mi² (243,286 km²). It is bigger than the United Kingdom but smaller than Guinea. In traditional Indian geography it falls under the North Indian zone.

## Geography 
Uttar Pradesh has a long border with Nepal to the north. Next to it are also the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. There are 3 geographical main regions:-
* The larger **Gangetic Plain** in the north: it includes the Ganga-Yamuna Doab; the Ghaghra plains; the Ganga plains and the Terai. It has highly fertile soils and flat topography. There are also many ponds, lakes and rivers.
* The Vindhya range: Smaller hills and plateau region in the south. There are hills, plains, valleys and plateau. It is harder to get water.
* The Shivalik Range
* The Bhabar

## Lists of Mountains and Hills in Uttar Pradesh 
* Govardhan parvat
* Amsot peak
* Kaimur hill

## Divisions and Districts of Uttar Pradesh
### Divisions
* Agra Division
* Aligarh Division
* Azamgarh Division
* Bareilly Division
* Basti Division
* Chitrakoot (Dham) Division
* Devipatan Division
* Faizabad Division
* Gorakhpur Division
* Jhansi Division
* Kanpur Division
* Lucknow Division
* Meerut Division
* Mirzapur Division
* Muradabad Division
* Prayagraj Division
* Saharanpur Division
* Varanasi Division

### Districts of Uttar Pradesh 
## Climate
The climate of Uttar Pradesh is mostly subtropical. However weather conditions change a lot depending on where one lives and the season.

*Temperature*: The average temperatures vary from 12.5 to 17.5&nbsp;°C (54.5–63.5&nbsp;°F) in January to 27.5–32.5&nbsp;°C (81.5–90.5&nbsp;°F) in May and June. The highest temperature recorded in the State was 49.9&nbsp;°C (121.8&nbsp;°F). It was at Gonda on May 8, 1958Pmyogi

*Rainfall*: Rainfall is between 1,000 and 2,000&nbsp;mm (40–80 inches) in the east and between 600 and 1,000&nbsp;mm (24–40 inches) in the west. Most of the rain is due to the southwest monsoon. It lasts from June to September. Consequently, floods are a problem during those seasons. They badly damage crops and property.

*Droughts*: They occur when the monsoon does not come in the usual season. It leads to crop failure.

*Snowfall*: In the Himalayan region of the State it usually snows from 3 to 5 metres (10 to15 feet) between December and March.

## Transportation
**Airways**: The state has four important airports and 23 air strips. They are in Agra, Kanpur,[Prayagraj],Lucknow and Varanasi. Lucknow is the biggest and most important airport of the state.

**Railways**: Almost all the major cities and even some smaller cities are linked. The state has the largest railway network in the country. Its total length is 8,546&nbsp;km (2006). It has the sixth largest railway density.

**Roadways**: The state has the largest road network in the country. The biggest is Maharashtra. There are 31 National Highways (NH). In total they are of 4,942&nbsp;km (8.5% of total NH length in India). It has the seventh highest road density in the India (1,027&nbsp;km per 1000&nbsp;km2 in 2002). It also has the largest surfaced urban road network in the country (50,721&nbsp;km, as on 2002). Cities of Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Allahabad, Varanasi, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Mathura, Agra and Ghazipur are connected to many National Highways.

**Waterways**: The river Ganges - from Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) to Haldia (West Bengal) - has been declared as National Waterway (NW)-I and 600&nbsp;km of the total NW-I lies in Uttar Pradesh.

## Provincial symbols of Uttar Pradesh

File:Sarus Crane I IMG 8628.jpg|Provincial bird of Uttar Pradesh, the Sarus Crane
File:Barasingha.jpg|Provincial animal of Uttar Pradesh
File:Sita-Ashok (Saraca asoca) leaves & flowers in Kolkata W IMG 2272.jpg|Provincial tree of Uttar Pradesh
File:STS 001 Butea monosperma.jpg|Provincial flower of Uttar Pradesh

## People from Uttar Pradesh
* Lalji Singh, molecular biologist

* Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

*Pankaj Mishra (born 1969), writer known for The Romantics; From the Ruins of Empire; Age of Anger