Chennai

Chennai
Chennai; Madras
	Megaceety
	Clockwise frae tap richt: Chennai Central, Marina Beach, Madras Heich Coort, TIDEL Park, Ripon Biggin, San Thome Basilica, Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Classical dance Bharata Natyam an Valluvar Kottam
	Eik-name(s): Detroit o Indie; Gatewey o Sooth Indie; Indie's Heal Caipital, Ceety o fleeower
	Chennai Location o Chennai in Tamil Nadu
	Coordinates: 13°5′N 80°16′E / 13.083°N 80.267°ECoordinates: 13°5′N 80°16′E / 13.083°N 80.267°E
Kintra	Indie
State	Tamil Nadu
Destrict	Chennai, Kanchipuram Tiruvallur
Umwhile name	Madras
Established	1639
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor–Cooncil
• Bodi	Greater Chennai Corporation
• Mayor	Saidai Duraisamy
• Corporation Commissioner	D Karthikeyan IAS
• Police Commissioner	Dr. A K Viswanathan IPS
Area
• Megaceety	426 km2 (164.5 sq mi)
• Metro	1,189 km2 (459.07 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population (2011)
• Megaceety	7,088,000
• Rank	5t
• Density	17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi)
• Metro	8,653,521; 8,917,749 (Extendit UA)
• Metro rank	4t
Demonym(s)	Chennaiite
Leids
• Native	Standard Tamil; Madras Tamil
• Offeecial	Tamil; Inglis
• Minority	Hindi ; Telugu; Malayalam ; Kannada ; Urdu
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Pincode(s)	600xxx
Aurie code(s)	+91-44
Vehicle registration	TN-01 to TN-14, TN-18, TN-22, TN-85
Metro GDP	$59 tae $66 billion (PPP)
Wabsteid	Chennai Corporation
	↑ The Chennai metropolitan aurie an aw includes portions o Kanchipuram an Tiruvallur destricts adjynin the Chennai Destrict. ;

Chennai (ெசன்னை in Tamil), kent as Madras an aw, is the caipital o the state o Tamil Nadu an is Indie's fowert lairgest ceety. It is locatit on the Coromandel Coast o the Bay o Bengal. Wi a nae-pruived 7.45 million indwallers (2005), the 367-year ceety is the 41st lairgest metropolitan aurie in the warld.

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↑ "The Principal Agglomerations of the World". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 8 December 2017.^{[better soorce needit]}
↑ Business America (in Inglis). U.S. Department of Commerce. 1997. p. 14.
↑ "Who's Who". About Corporation of Chennai. Corporation of Chennai. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
↑ "Commissioner of Police".
↑ "Chennai: PhaseII" (PDF). Archived frae the oreeginal (PDF) on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "Chennai Expansion Could Be Tricky, Suggests History". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 "About Greater Chennai Corporation". Official Website of Greater Chennai Corporation.
↑ "INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011". Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
↑ "Chennai Corporation is re-christened Greater Chennai Corporation". The Hindu. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
↑ "Tamil Nādu (India): State, Major Agglomerations & Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". City population.de. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
↑ "Global city GDP rankings 2008–2025". PwC. Archived frae the oreeginal on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
↑ "Global city GDP 2014". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

[2] The Chennai metropolitan aurie an aw includes portions o Kanchipuram an Tiruvallur destricts adjynin the Chennai Destrict.

[citypop-Aggs-1] "The Principal Agglomerations of the World". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 8 December 2017.^{[better soorce needit]}

[USDept1997-3] Business America (in Inglis). U.S. Department of Commerce. 1997. p. 14.

[4] "Who's Who". About Corporation of Chennai. Corporation of Chennai. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

[5] "Commissioner of Police".

[mhupa.gov.in-6] "Chennai: PhaseII" (PDF). Archived frae the oreeginal (PDF) on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)

[area-7] 6.0 ^6.1 "Chennai Expansion Could Be Tricky, Suggests History". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[thehindu.com-8] 7.0 ^7.1 "About Greater Chennai Corporation". Official Website of Greater Chennai Corporation.

[extended_UA_2011-9] "INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011". Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[Greater_Chennai_Corporation_unveiled-10] "Chennai Corporation is re-christened Greater Chennai Corporation". The Hindu. Retrieved January 31, 2016.

[UA_2011-11] "Tamil Nādu (India): State, Major Agglomerations & Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". City population.de. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

[pricewater-12] "Global city GDP rankings 2008–2025". PwC. Archived frae the oreeginal on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2009.

[Brookings-13] "Global city GDP 2014". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

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Chennai Madras
Megaceety^[1]
Clockwise frae tap richt: Chennai Central, Marina Beach, Madras Heich Coort, TIDEL Park, Ripon Biggin, San Thome Basilica, Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Classical dance Bharata Natyam an Valluvar Kottam
Eik-name(s): Detroit o Indie^[2] Gatewey o Sooth Indie Indie's Heal Caipital, Ceety o fleeower
Chennai Location o Chennai in Tamil Nadu
Coordinates: 13°5′N 80°16′E / 13.083°N 80.267°E / 13.083; 80.267Coordinates: 13°5′N 80°16′E / 13.083°N 80.267°E / 13.083; 80.267
Kintra	Indie
State	Tamil Nadu
Destrict	Chennai, Kanchipuram Tiruvallur^{[upper-alpha 1]}
Umwhile name	Madras
Established	1639
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor–Cooncil
• Bodi	Greater Chennai Corporation
• Mayor	Saidai Duraisamy^[3]
• Corporation Commissioner	D Karthikeyan IAS
• Police Commissioner	Dr. A K Viswanathan^[4] IPS
Area ^[5]^[6]^[7]
• Megaceety^[1]	426 km² (164.5 sq mi)
• Metro ^[7]^[6]	1,189 km² (459.07 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population (2011)^[9]
• Megaceety^[1]	7,088,000
• Rank	5t
• Density	17,000/km² (43,000/sq mi)
• Metro ^[10]	8,653,521 8,917,749 (Extendit UA)^[8]
• Metro rank	4t
Demonym(s)	Chennaiite
Leids
• Native	Standard Tamil Madras Tamil
• Offeecial	Tamil Inglis
• Minority	Hindi Telugu Malayalam Kannada Urdu
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Pincode(s)	600xxx
Aurie code(s)	+91-44
Vehicle registration	TN-01 to TN-14, TN-18, TN-22, TN-85
Metro GDP	$59 tae $66 billion (PPP)^[11]^[12]
Wabsteid	Chennai Corporation
↑ The Chennai metropolitan aurie an aw includes portions o Kanchipuram an Tiruvallur destricts adjynin the Chennai Destrict.