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'''Belagavi district''', formerly also known as '''Belgaum district''',<ref name=indianexpress>{{cite news|title=Belgaum becomes Belagavi, as Centre clears name change plan|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/centre-clears-name-change-plan-belgaum-is-now-belagavi/ |access-date=30 August 2020|work=The Indian Express|date=18 October 2014|language=en}}</ref> is a district in the state of [[Karnataka]], India. The district is known as the sugar bowl of Karnataka with {{lakh |1.5}} hectares being used for commercial production.<ref name=kum.kar>{{cite web|title=Belagavi - foundry hub of North Karnataka|url=https://kum.karnataka.gov.in/KUM/PDFS/DistrictProfile/Belagavi.pdf|website=karnataka.gov.in|accessdate=14 March 2021|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213192914/https://kum.karnataka.gov.in/KUM/PDFS/DistrictProfile/Belagavi.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It has overtaken [[Mandya district]] in sugarcane production over the last decade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/karnataka-elections-the-jarkiholi-brothers-belagavi-s-sugar-baron-politicians/story-r0JyjzV62OEnCxqDBSKraO.html|title=Karnataka elections: Meet the five brothers from Belagavi who are contesting against each other|date=4 May 2018|work=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref> The city of [[Belgaum]] (Belagavi) is the district headquarters in Belagavi district. It houses the [[Suvarna Vidhana Soudha|Second legislative building]], where the Karnataka Legislature holdholds session once a year. The district is famous for its native sweet, Kunda. According to the 2011 Census of India, it has a population of 4,779,661, of which 24.03% live in urban areas,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |title=Census GIS India |access-date=27 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111052456/http://www.censusindiamaps.net/page/India_WhizMap/IndiaMap.htm |archive-date=11 January 2010 }}</ref> making it the second most populous district in Karnataka (out of [[List of districts in Karnataka|31]]), after [[Bangalore Urban district|Bangalore Urban]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Belagavi |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/588/download/2000/DH_2011_2901_PART_A_DCHB_BELGAUM.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> The district has an area of {{cvt|13,415|km2}}, making it the largest district in terms of size in Karnataka, andIt is bounded by [[Kolhapur district|Kolhapur District]] and [[Sangli district]] of [[Maharashtra]] state on the west and north, on the northeast by [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur district]], on the east by [[Bagalkot district]], on the southeast by [[Gadag district]], on the south by [[Dharwad district|Dharwad]] and [[Uttara Kannada]] districts, and on the southwest by the state of [[Goa]].

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