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Lucknow

लखनऊ
لکھنؤ
Metro ceety
Frae top: Vidhan Sabha, Bada Imambara, Ambedkar Park
Frae top: Vidhan Sabha, Bada Imambara, Ambedkar Park
Eik-name(s): 
The Ceety o Devesh, Gowden Ceety o East, Constantinople o Indie
Lucknow is located in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Lucknow
Coordinates: 26°51′38″N 80°54′57″E / 26.86056°N 80.91583°E / 26.86056; 80.91583
Kintra Indie
StateUttar Pradesh
DestrictLucknow
Govrenment
 • MayorDinesh Sharma (BJP)
Area
 • Metro ceety310.1 km2 (119.7 sq mi)
Elevation
128 m (420 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Metro ceety2,815,601
 • Rank12t
 • Density2011/km2 (5,210/sq mi)
 • Metro2,901,474
Leids
 • OffeecialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
226 xxx
Telephone code91-522
Vehicle registrationUP-32
Sex ratio871 /
Websitelucknow.nic.in
General Data:[4]

Longitude-Latitude:[5]
population_District(extrapolation):[6]

population_total(interpolation):[7]

Lucknow (/[unsupported input]ˈlʌkn/; Hindi: लखनऊ, Urdu: لکھنؤ‎, Lakhnaū, IPA: [ˈləkʰnəu] ( listen)) is the caipital ceety o Uttar Pradesh in Indie.[8] Lucknow is the admeenistrative heidquarters o Lucknow destrict an Lucknow diveesion. Straddlin the river Gomti, modren Lucknow is a bustlin an fast growin metropolis wi a population o amaist 3 million (2011), rapidly emergin as a manufacturin, commercial an retailin hub.

Located in what was oreeginally kent as the Awadh (Oudh) region, Lucknow haes aaways been kent as a multicultural ceety, an flourished as a cultural an airtistic caipital o North Indie in the 18t an 19t centuries. Courtly manners, bonnie gardens, poetry, muisic, an fine cuisine patronised bi the Shia Nawabs o Iranian oreegin,[9][10] are weel kent amangst Indies an students o Sooth Asie cultur an history.[11] Lucknow is popularly kent as The Ceety o Nawabs. It is kent as the Gowden Ceety o the East, Shiraz-i-Hind an The Constantinople o Indie an aw.[12]

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References

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  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 10 Apryle 2009. Retrieved 19 Juin 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  3. "INDIA STATS: Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 31 October 2011. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  4. "Assessment Of Environmental Status Of Lucknow City" (PDF). Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.[deid airtin]
  5. Lakhnau. "unlocode.hmap.info". unlocode.hmap.info. Archived frae the original on 15 Juin 2011. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.
  6. "RANKING OF DISTRICTS BY POPULATION SIZE IN 1991 AND 2001". Upgov.nic.in. Archived frae the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.
  7. "Lucknow City Profile" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 8 Mairch 2014. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.
  8. "Welcome to Lucknow District Official Website". Lucknow.nic.in. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.
  9. Sacred space and holy war: the politics, culture and history of Shi'ite Islam By Juan Ricardo Cole
  10. Encyclopædia Iranica,, "Avadh", E. Yarshater
  11. "History". Lucknow. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.
  12. "Lucknow Tour". Lucknow.nic.in. 11 Apryle 1936. Archived frae the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.

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