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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
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Eik-name(s):
Detroit o Indie
[2]
Gatewey o Sooth Indie
Indie's Heal Caipital, Ceety o fleeower
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Location o Chennai in Tamil Nadu
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Coordinates:
13°5′N
80°16′E
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13.083°N 80.267°E
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13.083; 80.267
Coordinates
:
13°5′N
80°16′E
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13.083°N 80.267°E
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13.083; 80.267
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Kintra
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Indie
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State
| Tamil Nadu
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Destrict
| Chennai
,
Kanchipuram
Tiruvallur
[A]
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Umwhile name
| Madras
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Established
| 1639
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Govrenment
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? Teep
| Mayor?Cooncil
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? Bodi
| Greater Chennai Corporation
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Mayor
| Saidai Duraisamy
[3]
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? Corporation Commissioner
| D Karthikeyan
IAS
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Police Commissioner
| Dr. A K Viswanathan
[4]
IPS
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Area
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Megaceety
[1]
| 426 km
2
(164.5 sq mi)
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? Metro
| 1189 km
2
(459.07 sq mi)
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Elevation
| 6 m (20 ft)
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Population
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Megaceety
[1]
| 7,088,000
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? Rank
| 5t
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? Density
| 17,000/km
2
(43,000/sq mi)
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Metro
| 8,653,521
8,917,749 (Extendit UA)
[8]
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? Metro rank
| 4t
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Demonym(s)
| Chennaiite
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Leids
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? Native
| Standard Tamil
Madras Tamil
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? Offeecial
| Tamil
Inglis
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? Minority
| Hindi
Telugu
Malayalam
Kannada
Urdu
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Time zone
| UTC+05:30
(
IST
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Pincode(s)
| 600xxx
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Area code(s)
| +91-44
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Vehicle registration
| TN-01 to TN-14, TN-18, TN-22, TN-85
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Metro GDP
| $59 tae $66 billion (PPP)
[11]
[12]
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Website
| Chennai Corporation
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Chennai
(?????? 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.
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