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The port city of Surat is situated on the left bank of the Tapi River. Today it is the hub for textile and diamond businesses. About 92 per cent of the worlds diamonds are cut and polished here. The district is surrounded by Bharuch Narmada Navsari and Dang districts and the Gulf of Cambay. Surat is also the Second cleanest city in India after Chandigarh. Surat is known for producing world-class synthetic textiles.It is known as the MANCHESTER OF EAST. The 14th century Old Fort built by Muhammed Tughlak now used for Municipal Offices the Musafarkhana and the hundred-year old Sardar Patel Museum Vansada National Park is a place for wildlife lovers and bird-watchers.
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