On 1st January 2007 name changed from Uttaranchal to The Uttarakhand.
9th November 2000 ( with name Uttaranchal as the 27th state of the India country ) The formation day of uttarakhnd.
The Capital of Uttarakhand is Dehradun (Temporary)
Nainital is the High Court of Uttarakhand.
28o 43' North to 31o 27' and 77o 34' East longitude to 81o 02' is the Geographical Position of Uttarakhand.
Geographical Boundary of Uttarakhand:-
Nepal in the East,
Haryana and Himachal Pardesh in the West,
Himachal Pardesh and China in the North,
Uttar Pradesh in the South.
The area of Uttarakhand is 53,483 sq. km.
The lenght of Uttarakhand from east to west 358 km.
The width of Uttarakhand from north to south 320 km.
Commissionaries of Uttarakhand : Kumaon and Garhwal.
13 District are in Uttarakhand:
Nainital, Almora, Pithoragarh, Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Dehradun, Udham Singh Nagar, Bageshwar, Champawat, Rudraprayag and Haridwar.