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District Profile · Uttar Pradesh

Kannauj

1,656,616
Population
2,093 km²
Area
Kanpur
Region / Division

India's "Perfume Capital," with a centuries-old ittar (attar) distillation industry using traditional deg-bhapka methods now carrying a GI tag; also the site of ancient Kannauj, capital of Harshavardhana's 7th-century empire.