rajkot is situated in the region called saurashtra in the gujarat state of india. the significance of rajkot's location is owing to the fact that it is one of the prime industrial centres of gujarat. rajkot has a central location in the area called the kathiawar peninsula. the city is located within the rajkot district in gujarat. rajkot city is the administrative headquarters of the district of rajkot. the district is surrounded by botad in the east, and surendranagar in the north, junagadh and amreli in the south, morbi in the northwest and jamnagar in the west and porbandar in the southwest.