Which city in India can never get vertical rays of the sun and why?

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Which city in India can never get vertical rays of the sun and why?

Question #113927. Asked by armindasantana.

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Any city north of the Tropic of Cancer will never have the sun directly overhead. (That is the definition of the tropics, located at 23¨¬ 26¡Ç 17¡È on either side of the equator, an angle determined by the tilt of the Earth on its axis.) From this map, New Delhi is one example.

http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/physical-map.html

Apr 06 2010, 5:23 PM

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The cities would be "Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram"

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_places_in_India_does_the_Tropic_of_Cancer_pass_through

Apr 06 2010, 6:59 PM

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Gujarat, Rajasthan and the others are states, not cities. Some cities not receiving direct sunlight are Bhopal, Kolkata, Porbandar, Jammu, Srinagar, Gangtok, Lucknow, Shimla, Chandigarh etc.

http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/india-political-map.htm