{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Expand language|langcode=te|langcode2=ta|date=April 2024|topic=geo}}{{Infobox settlement | name = Ahwa-આહવા | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | settlement_type = town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India3 | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India | coordinates = {{coord|20|45|0|N|73|41|0|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name1 = Gujarat | subdivision_name2 = Dang | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 22829 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rank = | population_demonym = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 394710 | registration_plate = GJ-30 | website = {{URL| dangs.gujarat.gov.in/}} | footnotes = | demographics1_info1 = }} '''Ahwa''' is the headquarters of Dang District in the state of Gujarat, in India.<ref name="TrivediSoni2006">{{Cite web |url=http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Trivedi-Purna.pdf |title=Significant bird records and local extinctions in Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuaries, Gujarat, India-PRANAV TRIVEDI and V. C. SONI |access-date=23 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810033443/http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Trivedi-Purna.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is situated about 1800 feet (549 m) above the sea level. The whole district, inhabited by the tribal people, is a hilly area covered with thick forest. Venomous snakes from here are sent to the Haffkine Institute, Bombay, for preparing injections.<ref name="Gazetteer1971">{{cite book|editor=G. D. Patel|title=Gazetteer of India: Dangs District|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUhuAAAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications|location=Ahmedabad|pages=497–498}}</ref>
Ahwa was selected as the headquarters of the Dang by James Outram before 1857.<ref name="Gazetteer1971"/>
== See also == * Ahwa Forest
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{{Dang district, India}} Category:Cities and towns in Dang district, India
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