Chennai

Summary

Chennai is a largest city^[1]. Chennai ranks in the top 10% of largest_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,335 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chennai was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Chennai is located in Chennai district^[4].
• Chennai is in the country of India^[5].
• Chennai is in the country of India^[6].
• Chennai's head of government is recorded as M. K. Stalin^[7].
• Chennai is on the continent of Asia^[8].
• Chennai's instance of is recorded as largest city^[9].
• Chennai's instance of is recorded as million city^[10].
• Chennai's instance of is recorded as provincial capital^[11].
• Chennai's instance of is recorded as business cluster^[12].
• Chennai's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity^[13].
• Chennai's official language is recorded as Tamil^[14].
• Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Volgograd^[15].
• Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chongqing^[16].
• Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Antonio^[17].
• Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Denver^[18].
• Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kuala Lumpur^[19].
• Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ulsan^[20].
• Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chemnitz^[21].
• Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Frankfurt^[22].
• Chennai's postal code is recorded as 600...^[23].
• Chennai's Commons category is recorded as Chennai^[24].
• Chennai's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[25].
• Chennai's local dialing code is recorded as 44^[26].
• 1639 marks the founding of Chennai^[27].

Body

Founding

1639 marks the founding of Chennai^[27].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Ченнаи'}^[28] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Chennai'}^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Chennai include Madras Checks Fabric^[30], a cloth^[31], founded in 1100^[32]; Madras curry^[33]; INS Chennai^[34], a destroyer^[35]; Madrasi chess^[36], a chess variant^[37]; and Madras Red sheep^[38], a sheep breed^[39], in India^[40].

Why It Matters

Chennai ranks in the top 10% of largest_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,335 views/month).^[2] Chennai has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Chennai is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Chennai include Madras Checks Fabric^[30], a cloth^[31], founded in 1100^[32]; Madras curry^[33]; INS Chennai^[34], a destroyer^[35]; Madrasi chess^[36], a chess variant^[37]; and Madras Red sheep^[38], a sheep breed^[39], in India^[40].