Keshod
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Keshod is a city and a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in Junagadh district
Junagadh district
Junagadh District is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh.-Geography:The district is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat. It is surrounded by Rajkot District , Porbandar District , Amreli District...

 in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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 of Gujarat.

Infrastructure

Development of this city is very fast in terms of population, art, infrastructures, education and cultural change. The Nawab of Junagadh had built one mahal in Keshod for passing winter in to this city. Nowadays this mahal is converted into Government L.K. Highschool, the oldest highschool of Keshod.

Keshod has the only airport of the Junagadh district
Junagadh district
Junagadh District is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh.-Geography:The district is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat. It is surrounded by Rajkot District , Porbandar District , Amreli District...

, which was historically used by Nawab of Junagadh
Junagadh
Junagadh is the headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city is the 7th largest in Gujarat. The city is located at the foot of the Girnar hills, 355 km south west of state capital Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad. The city is in western India. Literally translated,...

 Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III
Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III
Muhammad Mahabat Khanji III Rasul Khanji was the last ruling Nawab of the princely state of Junagadh in British India from 1911 to 1947...

while escaping to Pakistan.

Keshod have a very old railway station.

Terrain

Keshod's landscape is mostly dry. It is 45 kilometres from the sea. During the monsoon months it ofen rains heavy in and around Keshod but the souring heat means that for a lot of the year there are problems with receiving running water. Farming is the largest employer with ground nut being the most popular crop grown. Keshod have a place like Akshaygadh, Which is only place for time pass on weakends.
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