Koynanagar

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox settlement Koynanagar is a town in Maharashtra, India. It is situated on the Chiplun-Sangli state highway on the banks of Koyna River. The town is small but famous for Koyna Dam and the Koyna Hydroelectric Project which is the largest completed hydroelectric project of India.<ref name="Largest_hydroelectric_power_plant_in_India">Template:Cite news</ref> An earthquake in 1967 flattened the city and left 180 people dead.

Koyna Nagar is nestled in the Western Ghats, about Template:Convert above sea level, and hence has a tolerable climate for most of the year.

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