What is Banaskantha District?
'''Banaskantha district''' is one of the thirty-three districts of the [[Gujarat]] state of [[India]]. The administrative headquarters of the district is at [[Palanpur]], which is also its largest city. The district is located in the Northeast of Gujarat and is presumably named after the West Banas River which runs through the valley between Mount Abu and Aravalli Range, flowing to the plains of Gujarat in this region and towards the Rann of Kutch. The district is famous for the Ambaji temple which draws many tourists. It covers an area of 12703 km<sup>2</sup> and is the second largest district in the state. It is one of the thirty-three districts of Gujarat. Banaskantha shares its borders with Rajasthan state in the North, Sabarkantha district in East, Kutch district in West and Patan district and Mehsana district in the South. [[Category:Districts of Gujarat]]