Koppal

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| name = Koppal

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| settlement_type = City

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Koppal Fort.jpg

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| image_caption = Koppal Fort

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| map_caption = Koppala in Karnataka

| coordinates = {{coord|15.35|N|76.15|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Karnataka

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Koppal

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| government_type = City Municipality

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 28.78

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 529

| population_total = 70,698

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_km2 = 2070.62

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| blank_name = {{nowrap|Official language}}

| blank_info = Kannada{{cite web |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |title=50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India (July 2012 to June 2013) |access-date=14 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708012438/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |archive-date=8 July 2016}}

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 583 231

| area_code_type = Telephone code

| area_code = 08539

| registration_plate = KA-37

| website = www.koppalcity.mrc.gov.in

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| official_name = Koppala

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Koppal or Koppala is the district headquarters of Koppal district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Koppal is surrounded on three sides by hills. It was known as Kopana Nagara.{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8742/page/n174/mode/1up | title=Historical geography of ancient India | year=1976 | publisher=Ess Ess Publication, Delhi }}{{cite news |last1=Kashyap |first1=Sharvari |title=Koppal: historical, sacred & beautiful |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/supplements/travel/koppal-historical-sacred-beautiful-735767.html |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Deccan Herald |date=May 25, 2019}} The town has historical landmarks such as the Koppal Fort, Gavimath (a religious shrine), and the Male Mallappa Temple. Historically, Koppal was known as Jaina Kashi, meaning the "Kashi" or most-sacred-place for Jains.{{cite web |title=About District |url=https://koppal.nic.in/en/history/about-district/ |website=Koppal District, Government of Karnataka |publisher=National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India |access-date=7 September 2022}} It was so named because there were more than 700 Basadis (also called Bastis), Jain meditation halls or Prarthana Mandirs.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Koppal district was carved out of Raichur district, located in the northern part of Karnataka state, on 1 April 1998.{{cite news |last1=Kashyap |first1=Sharvari |title=Koppal: historical, sacred & beautiful |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/supplements/travel/koppal-historical-sacred-beautiful-735767.html |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Deccan Herald |date=May 25, 2019}} Major tourist attractions include the Krishnadevaraya Tomb, Anjanadri Parvata, Huligamma Temple, Pampa Sarovara, among others.{{Cite web |title=Tourist Places {{!}} Koppal District, Government of Karnataka {{!}} India |url=https://koppal.nic.in/en/tourist-places/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |language=en-US}}