Shahrest dar qismi markazii Hinduston, dar shtati Maharashtra, dar sohili daryoi Nagpur. Aholiash 866,1 hazor nafar (1971). Uzeli muhimi tijoratu naqliyot, markazi kaloni istehsoli matohoi pakhtagin. Sohahoi muhimi sanoatash: bofandagi, moshinsozi, khimiya, poligrafiya, khurokvori, kuloli. Zavodhoi shisha, shina va yakhdon niz mavjudand. Az kasbhoi hunarmandi beshtar zarbofi rivoj yoftaast. U-nt (az 1923), muzei arkheologi dorad. Dar shimoli sharktari Nagpur koni mangan hast.
Nagpur asri 18 bunyod shuda, az solhoi 30 asri 18 poytakhti davlati Bkhonsle (konfederatsiyai knyazii Maratha) bud. Badi bo zuri hamroh karda shudani davlati Bkhonsle (1853) ba Hindustoni Britani Nagpur markazi mamurii muzofoti Markazi gardid. Nimai duyumi asri 19 ba markazi sanoati matohoi pakhtagin tabdil yoft. Solhoi 1950—1956 markazi mamurii shtati Madhya-Pradesh bud.