Chennai
Chennai (Madras) ??????
Chennai Central Station
Chennai (Madras) ??????
Location of Chennai (Madras) ??????
in Tamil Nadu and India
Country
India
State
Tamil Nadu
District(s)
• Chennai
• Kanchipuram
• Tiruvallur
Mayor
M. Subramaniam
Corporation
Commissioner
Rajesh Lakhoni
Population
• Density
• Metro
4.34 million (4th) (2001)
• 14,350 /km2 (37,166 /sq mi)
• 8.05 million (4th) (2009)
Time zone
IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Metro
• Elevation
181.06 km² (70 sq mi)[1]
• 1,180 km² (456 sq mi)
• 6 m (20 ft)
Codes
• Pincode
• 600 xxx
•
Telephone
• +91 44
• UN/
LOCODE
• INMAA
• Vehicle
• TN-01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09,
10 ,20,21,22
Website
www.chennaicorporation.gov.in
Coordinates: 13°05′N 80°16′E / 13.09°N
80.27°E / 13.09; 80.27 Chennai
(Tamil:
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[ˈtʃɛnnəɪ]),
formerly known as
Madras , is the fourth largest city in India by
area and the capital city of the Indian state of
Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel
Coast of the Bay of Bengal, Chennai had a
population of 4.2 million in the 2001 census
within its municipal corporation.[2] The urban
agglomeration of Chennai has an estimated
population over 8 million,[3] making it one of
the largest urban agglomerations in India.
The city was established in the 17th cen-
tury by the British, who developed it into a
major urban centre and naval base. By the
20th century, it had become an important ad-
ministrative centre, as the capital of the
Madras Presidency.
Chennai’s economy has a broad industrial
base in the automobile, technology, hardware
manufacturing, and healthcare industries.
The city is India’s second largest exporter of
software, information technology (IT) and
information-technology-enabled
services
(ITES). A major chunk of India’s automobile
manufacturing industry
is based in and
around the city.[4][5] Chennai Zone contrib-
utes 39 per cent of the State’s GDP. Chennai
accounts for 60 per cent of the country’s
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chennai
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automotive exports and is sometimes re-
ferred to as "the Detroit of India".[6][7][8]
Chennai hosts a