I read it somewhere in an authentic news (I think from the BBC). It was about recently elected Mr. Narendra Modi. He's the next Prime Minister of India. 

I surely remember the sentence that said...

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> The chief minister of the western state of Gujarat. 
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For clarification, I'm uploading the map here.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Mbuf.png)

Check the position of the state of Gujarat. It's in the west of **India**, the west-most corner I mean. *Ahmedabad and Rajkot are the cities of Gujarat State.* [India has 28 states](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India) and Gujarat is one of them. There's no county, province etc. It's clear Country-State-District-City. 

**Now the question:**

Shouldn't it be...

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> The chief minister of Gujarat, the western **state of India?** OR The chief minister of the **western state of India?**
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Can't the former one mean that Gujarat is country and not the state because it already mentioned ***'state of'*** 

Note: I'm aware of calling *London city* as *The city of London*, *Chicago city* as *The city of Chicago.* But then using it this way would certainly create an ambiguity.

*The western state of Gujarat or western state of India!*