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Chennai Madras | |
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 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): | |
  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[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 | 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 | 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 |
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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 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.
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. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ↑ "Commissioner of Police".
- ↑ "Chennai: PhaseII" (PDF). Archived frae the oreeginal (PDF) on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|deadurl=(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.
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