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Ballari
Ballari (Bellary), Karnataka's Iron City and district headquarters in eastern Karnataka, holds 25% of India's iron ore reserves, hosts JSW Vijayanagar Works, and is known for Ballari Fort, textiles, and semi-arid climate.
Bhadrāvati, Karnataka
Bhadravati (ಭದ್ರಾವತಿ), Karnataka city on the Bhadra River in Shivamogga district; home of Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant (SAIL, founded 1918, pig iron 1923) and Mysore Paper Mills; 151,102 residents (2011).
Bylakuppe
Bylakuppe, a town in Karnataka about 90 km from Mysore, hosts India's largest Tibetan refugee settlement complex: Lugsung Samdupling (founded 1960) and Dickey Larsoe, with roughly 15,000-18,000 residents, Sera and Namdroling monasteries, and an agrarian economy.
Chitradurga
Chitradurga (Kannada: ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗ), also Chitrakaladurga, is a city and district in central Karnataka, 202 km northwest of Bengaluru, famed for its seven-rampart hill fort, Nayaka rulers, and the Upper Bhadra irrigation project.
Davangere
Davangere (Davanagere, ದಾವಣಗೆರೆ), central Karnataka city and district headquarters formed 15 August 1997; the "Manchester of Karnataka," a textile, agro-processing, and education hub on the Tungabhadra.
Gadag
Gadag (ಗದಗ) is a city and district in North Karnataka, India, formed 24 August 1997, known for Western Chalukya temples, Hindustani music heritage, dry-land farming, and wind energy projects.
Hassan
Hassan, known in Kannada as ಹಾಸನ, is a district in southwestern Karnataka, India, with its headquarters at the city of Hassan and famed for its Hoysala temples.
Hosapete
Hosapete (formerly Hospet) is a city in Vijayanagara district, Karnataka, India, founded in 1520 CE by Krishna Deva Raya; gateway to Hampi UNESCO site and nearest railhead to the Tungabhadra Dam.
Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi, formerly Gulbarga, is the administrative headquarters of its district in northern Karnataka. This major city served as the first capital of the Bahmani Sultanate.
Mangaluru
Mangaluru, formerly anglicised as Mangalore, is a port city in Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, at the Netravati-Gurupura river confluence on the Arabian Sea; home to New Mangalore Port, Karnataka's only major port, handling 46.01 million tonnes in 2024-25.
Rāichūr
Rāichūr (ರಾಯಚೂರು), Raichur district, eastern Karnataka, India, in the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab; 8,386 sq km, 19.29 lakh people (2011), cotton bowl, Hutti gold, Raichur Thermal Power Station, fort built 1294.
Robertsonpet
Robertsonpet, Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka: town founded 1901, named for Sir Donald Robertson; commercial headquarters of KGF, city municipal council since 1983, 58.12 sq km, mines closed 2001.
Tumkūr
Tumkūr (Tumakuru, ತುಮಕೂರು), a district and city in Karnataka about 70 km northwest of Bengaluru; 10 taluks, 2.68 million people (2011), agro-industrial economy, and Karnataka's first Smart City to reach 100% project closure.