Latur

The Latur District is in the south-eastern part of the Maharashtra state. Latur town is situated on the 18.7° latitude and 73.25° longitude. The district is situated on the Maharashtra Karnataka boundary. On the eastern side of the Latur is Bidar district of Karnataka, whereas Nanded is on the northeast, Parbhani on the northern side, Beed on the Northwest and Osmanabad on the western and southern side The entire district of Latur is situated on the Balaghat plateau, 540 to 638 mtrs from the mean sea level

Latur City:
Latur is well connected by road, railway and air route. It is 320 km from Pune, 280 km from Hyderabad and 480 from Mumbai by bus. At present the air – travel facility is available up to Aurangabad.
Latur City has the distinction for its unique and innovative “Latur Pattern” in the field of education all over Maharashtra.

Administratively the district is divided 3 Sub Divisions namely Latur, Nilanga & Udgir and into 10 talukas & 10 Panchayat Samitis. These are Latur, Udgir, Ahmedpur, Ausa, Nilanga, Renapur, Chakur, Deoni, Shirur Anantpal, and Jalkot. Latur city is the administrative headquarters of the district.

Tourists Spots

Ugdir Fort

Wadwal Nagnath- This small hillock near Chakur is home to hundreds of rare species of plants, most of them believed to be of medicinal use in Ayurveda.

Sai Nandanwan- Another tourist spot near Chakur. It has mango plantations, water park and amusement park.

Kharosa- It has caves carved out into latterite rocks. Believed to belong to 8th century AD.

Udgir and Ausa have forts.

Another toursit attractions is Nana Nani Park.

Latur Earthquake of 1993

Latur had a devastating earthquake on 30 September 1993 measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale with more than 30,000 people estimated to have died.