Jamnagar city is the administrative headquarters of the Jamnagar District. The city has unspoilt Islands & Beaches, Hills, Temples, Palaces, Forest, impressive bird life in Bird Sanctuary, Marine Sanctuary and fascinating Corals & Marine Life in the Marine National Park.
Jam Saheb Shri Ranjitsinhji built the city with all the modern infrastructure during his reign in 1920s. The city was thereafter developed by Jam Saheb Shri Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji in the 1940s, when it was part of the Princely state of Nawanagar.