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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 | |
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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 | |
• Megaceety[1] | 426 km2 (164.5 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1189 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 | 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 |
Area 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] |
Website | Chennai Corporation |
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Chennai (ெசன்னை in Tamil), kent as Madras an aw, is the caipital o the state o Tamil Nadu an is Indie's fowert lairgest city. It is locatit on the Coromandel Coast o the Bay o Bengal. Wi a nae-pruived 7.45 million indwallers (2005), the 367-year city is the 41st lairgest metropolitan aurie in the warld.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "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. Archived frae the original on 21 Februar 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ↑ "Commissioner of Police".
- ↑ "Chennai: PhaseII" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 24 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 24 Apryle 2014. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine - ↑ a b "Chennai Expansion Could Be Tricky, Suggests History". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 Mey 2017.
- ↑ a b "About Greater Chennai Corporation". Official Website of Greater Chennai Corporation. Archived frae the original on 2 Juin 2015. Retrieved 30 Mey 2018.
- ↑ "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 31 Januar 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 original on 4 Mey 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2009. Archived 2013-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Global city GDP 2014". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 8 Mey 2015.
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