Dera, Dero, Daro, Dhoro, Dahar or Dehra is a word in several languages of South Asia, whose meaning is '

camp Camp may refer to: Outdoor accommodation and recreation * Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site * a temporary settlement for nomads * Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to descri ...

', 'mound' or 'settlement'. It appears in the names of a number of places.

Geography

India

Dera, Himachal Pradesh Dehra Gopipur is a town, a Municipal Council, and a Tehsil in Kangra district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. The River Beas divides the town into Dera (or Dehra) & Gopipur. The town of Dehra is as recent as mid-15th century when fore ...

Dera Bassi Dera Bassi is a satellite city of Chandigarh and a municipal council in Mohali district in the state of Punjab, India. Dera Bassi is located on the Chandigarh – Delhi National Highway, 8 km from Chandigarh. It is located within 20 km ...

, Mohali district, Punjab * Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur district, Punjab * Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Amritsar district, Punjab *

Dera Baba Murad Shah Dera Murad Shah is a Sufiyana Darbar located in Nakodar, Jalandhar Punjab, India. The Darbar is a symbol of love and peace where people from all different castes and religions come and pay their respects at this Darbar. The two main Darbars i ...

, Nakodar, Punjab *

Dera Baba Vadbhag Singh Dera Baba Badbhag Singh Gurudwara(देवनागरी: डेरा बाबा बड़भाग सिंह) is a shrine of Dera Baba Vadbhag Singh. It is located in Mairi village in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is known ...

, Una district, Himachal Pradesh *

Dera Doon Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative As ...

, capital of Uttarakhand * Dera Sach Khand Ballan, Jalandhar district, Punjab *

Dera Sacha Sauda Dera Sacha Sauda ("Camp True-Deal"; colloquially DSS) is an Indian non-governmental organization described as a "religious cult" and "non-profit social welfare dera" that was established on 29 April 1948 by Mastana Balochistani, an ascetic f ...

, Sirsa district, Haryana * Dera Sar,

Jain temples A Jain temple, Derasar (Gujarati: દેરાસર) or Basadi (Kannada: ಬಸದಿ) is the place of worship for Jains, the followers of Jainism. Jain architecture is essentially restricted to temples and monasteries, and Jain buildings gen ...

in Gujarat and Rajasthan * Dera Kanjli, Kapurthala district, Punjab * Dera Gopipur, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh *

Gola Dhoro Gola Dhoro is an archaeological site belonging to Indus Valley civilization, situated at the head of the Gulf of Kutch, near Bagasara in Kutch district of Gujarat, India. The site contains a small fortified area of approximately 50x50 m with ...

, Kutch district, Gujarat *

Kerala-no-dhoro Kerala-no-dhoro (કેરળ-નો-ઢોરો), also known as Padri, is an archaeological site in Gujarat, India. Belonging to the Indus Valley civilisation, it is located on the southern coast of Kathiawar region. Dating from 3699-3792 B.C. ...

, Saurashtra, Gujarat * Damajino Dero, Vadodara district, Gujarat

Iran

Dera, Iran Dera ( fa, درا, also Romanized as Derā) is a village in Qaleh Ganj Rural District, in the Central District of Qaleh Ganj County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ...

, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Dera, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran *

Dehra, Iran Nesar Direh ( fa, نسارديره, also Romanized as Nesār Dīreh; also known as Dēhra, Nesār, and Nesāreh Dīreh) is a village in Direh Rural District, in the Central District of Gilan-e Gharb County, Kermanshah Province, Iran ...

, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran

Pakistan

Dera Allah Yar Dera Allah Yar ( ur, ) is a city and the headquarters of the Jaffarabad District located in Balochistan, Pakistan. It is situated at the distance of 300 km from provincial capital Quetta. The city formerly was known as Jhatpat. The city ...

Jaffarabad District Jafarabad ( bal, جعفر آباد, ur, , Sindhi: جعفرآباد ضلو) district lies in southeast of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. Jafarabad's headquarters are at Dera Allah Yar, also known as Jhatpat among locals. Jaffarabad ...

, Balochistan *

Dera Bugti Dera Bugti ( Balochi and Urdu: ) is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was established as a separate district in 1983. Administration The district is administratively subdivided into Four sub-divisions, these are: * Pirko ...

, Dera Bugti District, Balochistan *

Dera Dildar Established in 1832 by the Dildarzai sub-clan of Mazari Family, the beautiful and tiny town of Dera Dildaar was previously known as Thalion.The people of this Family play important role in Politics. The people of this area dera dildar are chief of t ...

, Bahawalpur, Punjab * Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab * Dera Ismail Khan,

Dera Ismail Khan District Dera Ismail Khan District ( ps, ډېره اسماعیل خان ولسوالي, bal, ڈیرہ عِسمائیل خان, ur, , skr, ; often abbreviated as D.I. Khan) is a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in P ...

, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa * Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan (FR DI Khan), Federally Administered Tribal Areas *

Dera Murad Jamali Dera Murad Jamali ( ur, ), often abbreviated as D.M. Jamali, is a city (and district headquarters) located in Nasirabad District, Balochistan, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none) ...

Nasirabad District Nasirabad ( ur, ) is a district in the centre-west of Balochistan, Pakistan. Nasirabad's headquarters are at Dera Murad Jamali. The original name of the district was Temple Dera, named after Captain H. M. Temple, a career British civil servant ...

, Balochistan * Saddar Dera Bugti, Dera Bugti District, Balochistan *

Ratodero Ratodero ( sd, رتوديرو) is the capital of Ratodero Taluka, a sub-division of Larkana District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Situated some 28 km from the district capital Larkana. Since the independence of Pakistan, the city is k ...

, Larkana District, Sindh * Chanhudaro, Nawabshah District, Sindh * Lakhueen-jo-daro, Sukkur District, Sindh * Mohenjo-daro, Larkana District, Sindh * Dhoro Naro, Sindh *

Sobho Dero Sobho Dero is a town in the Khairpur District of Sindh province, Pakistan. It is located at 27°18'0N 68°24'0E with an altitude of 46 metres (154 feet). It is a Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of admin ...

, Khairpur District, Sindh *

Mohabat Dero Jatoi Mohbat Dero ( ur, ), is a town in Kandiaro Taluka of Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of ...

, Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh *

Naudero Naudero, also spelled Naundero, Nodero ( sd, نئون ديرو, ur, نوڈیرو) is a town and union council of Ratodero Taluka in the Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. The union council also includes the village of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh. It li ...

, Larkana District, Sindh *

Dera Alampur Gondlan Dera Alampur Gondlan ( ur, ) is a village in Tehsil Kharian, in the Gujrat District Gujrat ( Punjabi and ur, ), is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is bounded on the northeast by Mirpur, on the northwest by the River Jhelu ...

Gujrat District Gujrat ( Punjabi and ur, ), is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is bounded on the northeast by Mirpur, on the northwest by the River Jhelum, which separates it from Jhelum District, on the east and southeast by the Chenab Ri ...

, Punjab

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