Washim district
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Washim is a district in Maharashtra, India. The headquarters is at Washim. It had a population of 1,020,216 of which 17.49% were urban as of 2001. [1]
It was once known as Vatsagulma, the capital of the Vatsagulma line of Vakataka dynasaty.
In the year 1905, during the period of the British Raj, Washim district was bifurcated into two separate districts, namely, Akola District and Yeotmal District.
| Divisions and Districts of Maharashtra |
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| Amravati Division: Akola | Amravati | Buldhana | Washim | Yavatmal |
| Konkan Division: Mumbai | Mumbai (Suburban) | Raigad | Ratnagiri | Sindhudurg | Thane |
| Aurangabad Division: Aurangabad | Beed | Hingoli | Jalna | Latur | Nanded | Osmanabad | Parbhani |
| Nagpur Division: Bhandara | Chandrapur | Gadchiroli | Gondia | Nagpur | Wardha |
| Nashik Division: Ahmednagar | Dhule | Jalgaon | Nandurbar | Nashik |
| Pune Division: Kolhapur | Pune | Sangli | Satara | Solapur |
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