Gujarat is situated on the Western Indian coast having a 1,600 kms long Arabian Sea coastline.
It stretches from Kutch in the West to Daman in the South and the hilly tract from Aravalli in the East to the Western hills with lush green forests, rivers as well as plains.
The State of Gujarat comprises of 25 districts. It lies to the north east of the Gulf of Cambay. On its western and south western boundaries lies the Arabian Sea.
To the north west lies the country of Pakistan. Northeast of the state borders with Rajasthan, east of the state borders with the state of Madhya Pradesh. To the southeast is the state of Maharashtra.

Gujarat ranks 10th in population and 9th in area among the states of India. It has a colourful profile and an age-old heritage. Its land is fertile, beautiful and prosperous.

FACTS AT A GLANCE
Area	1,96,000 sq. kms. (6.10% of the total area of India)
Population	5 Crores
Districts	25
Talukas	223
Villages	18114
State Capital	Gandhinagar
Cities with a population of over 100,000	11
Principal language	Gujarati
Literacy	70%
Major Languages	Gujarati, Hindi, Sindhi, Marathi
Crops	cotton, oilseeds, sugarcane, tobacco, rice, millets, wheat
Minerals	fluorite, lignite, limestone, bauxite, gypsum, oil &natural gas
Industries	textile, cement, chemicals, petroleum, dairy products, sugar, oilseeds, pharmaceuticals,salt, electronics,engineering
Roads surfaced-	63,322 kms,
unsurfaced-	5656 kms.
Railways	5,500 kms
Airports	Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Keshod, Surat, Kandla, Porbandar, Rajkot, Bhuj
Climate	27º C to 42º C in summer, 14º C to 29º C in winter, monsoon is from June to Sept.
Coastline	1,600 kms.
Universities	10