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Chennai

Madras
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 is located in Tamil Nadu
Chennai
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
StateTamil Nadu
DestrictChennai, Kanchipuram Tiruvallur[A]
Umwhile nameMadras
Established1639
Govrenment
 • TeepMayor–Cooncil
 • BodiGreater Chennai Corporation
 • MayorSaidai Duraisamy[3]
 • Corporation CommissionerD Karthikeyan IAS
 • Police CommissionerDr. A K Viswanathan[4] IPS
Area
 • Megaceety[1]426 km2 (164.5 sq mi)
 • Metro1189 km2 (459.07 sq mi)
Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Population
 (2011)[9]
 • Megaceety[1]7,088,000
 • Rank5t
 • Density17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi)
 • Metro8,653,521
8,917,749 (Extendit UA)[8]
 • Metro rank
4t
Demonym(s)Chennaiite
Leids
 • NativeStandard Tamil
Madras Tamil
 • OffeecialTamil
Inglis
 • MinorityHindi
Telugu
Malayalam
Kannada
Urdu
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Pincode(s)
600xxx
Area code(s)+91-44
Vehicle registrationTN-01 to TN-14, TN-18, TN-22, TN-85
Metro GDP$59 tae $66 billion (PPP)[11][12]
WebsiteChennai Corporation
  1. 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 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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  4. "Commissioner of Police".
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  6. a b "Chennai Expansion Could Be Tricky, Suggests History". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 Mey 2017.
  7. a b "About Greater Chennai Corporation". Official Website of Greater Chennai Corporation. Archived frae the original on 2 Juin 2015. Retrieved 30 Mey 2018.
  8. "INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011". Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. National Informatics Centre. Archived frae the original on 30 Juin 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. "Chennai Corporation is re-christened Greater Chennai Corporation". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 Januar 2016.
  10. "Tamil Nādu (India): State, Major Agglomerations & Cities - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". City population.de. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  11. "Global city GDP rankings 2008–2025". PwC. Archived frae the original on 4 Mey 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2009. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 31 Mey 2013. Retrieved 17 Januar 2021.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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