4.1 LOCATION MAPPING 4.1.1 Orange growing belt Nagpur has been known as the orange city for quite some time now. The orange producing belt in the district is concentrated in a specific part of the district- the northwestern part near the Satpura hill range which runs adjoining the northwest- north part of the entire district. The concentration in this region is due to soil type and some slight climatic factors that occur due to the proximity to the hill ranges- as told by one of the farm owners. However, now orange orchards can be observed even in the Hingna tehsil which lies more towards the southwest region of the district. The different tehsils in the district with area under orange cultivation are 1. Katol 2. Narkhed 3. Kalmeshwar 4. Saoner 5. Nagpur(rural) 6. Hingna 7. Ramtek These are areas under a 100km radius from the centre of the city. Other adjoining districts with major orange production are Amravati and some districts of Madhya Pradesh which are ahead of Nagpur in terms of the production and area under cultivation. In the entire Nagpur region the Mandarin variety classified as the Nagpur santra is grown. Imported varieties like Clementine, Valencia are used only for study and research and not in the market on a commercial scale.
Figure 18: Orange growing region in the district( Source: Author)
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