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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 181.

L UCKNO W DISTRICT T O r Gogra ;, and Lucknow is situated in the centre of the Division. There are 44 towns and 10;150 villages. The largest towns are LUCKNOW CITY (population, 264,049, with cantonments), the most populous in, the Provinces; SITAPUR (22,557, with cantonments); and SH.KHnsan (20,036). Lucknow, Shahabad, Sitapur, RAE BARELY, KHAIRABAD, and LAKHIMPURI are the chief places of commercial importance. Lucknow was the capital of the kingdom of Oudh for nearly a century before annexation. DALMAU on the Ganges is the site of an important bathing-fair. Land revenue District. Area in Population, and ceases, square miles. 1901. 1903-4, in thdusan ds of rupees. Lucknow 967 793,241 10,24 Unao 1,792 976,639 17,59 Rae Bareli 1,748 1,033,761 17,88 Sitapur . 2,250 1,175,473 18,67 Hardoi . 2,331 1,092,834 18,41 Kheri . 2,963 905,138 11,48 Total 12,051 5,977,086 94,27- Lucknow District (Lakhnau).-Central District in the Lucknow Division of the United Provinces, lying between 26° 3o" and 27' 9`N. and 80° 34' and 81' r3' E., with an area of 967 square miles. In `' shape the District is an irregular oblong. It is bounded on the north- west by Hardoi and Sitapur; on the north-east by Bara Banki; on the south-east by Rae Bareli ; and on the south-west by Unao. The general aspect is that of a level champaign, studded with villages, finely wooded, and in parts most fertile Phvslcal aspects. and highly cultivated. - The two principal rivers are the Gumti and Sai, and near these streams and their small tributaries the surface is broken by ravines, while the banks of the rivers are generally sandy. The Gumti enters the District from the north and after passing Lucknow city turns to the east and forms part of the boundary between Lucknow and Bara Banki. It is liable to sudden floods of great magnitude. Its chief tributary is the Behta, a small perennial stream rising- in Hardoi. The Sai forms part of the south= west boundary, running almost parallel to the Gumti, and receiving the Nagwa or Lori aiaad the Hakh. The District exposes nothing but Gangetic alluvium. A boring for an artesian well was made to a depth of -1,336 feet, but passed only through sand with occasional beds of calcareous limestone. The flora of the District is that of the Gangetic plain generally.,,,, There is very little jungle, the only considerable tract being in the north-east, where a dhak (Butea-frondosa) jungle forms a fuel and