Metroji clue #31

Hyderabad in five emoji

India

A city that made its money from stones and then from software, four hundred years apart. The old city and the tech parks barely resemble each other.

What each emoji refers to

The Golconda mines supplied the Koh-i-Noor and the Hope diamond, back when India was the only known source.
Hyderabadi biryani layers the rice and meat and seals the pot, so the two cook in the same steam.
The Charminar has stood at the centre of the old city since 1591, and the markets still radiate from it.
Haleem is pounded mutton and wheat, cooked for hours, and mostly eaten during Ramadan.
HITEC City went up in the late 1990s and pulled in enough offices to get the nickname Cyberabad.

Hyderabad at a glance

Country
India
Coordinates
17.39Β° N, 78.49Β° E
First played

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Hyderabad.

City Distance Direction
BengaluruIndia 500 km
ChennaiIndia 520 km
MumbaiIndia 620 km
ColomboSri Lanka 1,180 km
KolkataIndia 1,180 km
New DelhiIndia 1,260 km

Today's city is a different one

Metroji picks a new city every day at midnight, wherever you are. Everyone gets the same one, so scores are comparable.

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