Chennai
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Summary
Chennai is a largest city[1]. Chennai ranks in the top 10% of largest city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,872 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Chennai district[4]
- Country: India[5]
- Head of government: M. K. Stalin[6]
- Continent: Asia[7]
- Instance of: provincial capital[8], business cluster[9], administrative territorial entity[10], city[11]
- Official language: Tamil[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Volgograd[13], Chongqing[14], San Antonio[15], Denver[16], Kuala Lumpur[17], Ulsan[18], Chemnitz[19], Frankfurt[20]
- Postal code: 600...[21]
- Commons category: Chennai[22]
- Local dialing code: 44[23]
- Inception: 1639[24]
- Significant event: Siege of Madras[25]
- Authority: Greater Chennai Corporation[26]
- Official website: https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chennai[28]
- Commons gallery: சென்னை[29]
- Population: 4,646,732[30], 6,599,000[31], 397,552[32], 405,848[33], 452,518[34]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Chennai[35]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[36], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[37], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[40]
- Capital of: Tamil Nadu[41], Madras State[42], Madras Presidency[43], Chennai district[44]
- Official name: Ченнаи[45], Chennai[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Chennai[47]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Chennai[48]
- Demonym: Chennaiite[49]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Chennai include Madras curry[50]; Madras Checks Fabric[51], a cloth[52], in India[53], founded in 1100[54]; INS Chennai[55], a destroyer[56]; Madrasi chess[57], a chess variant[58]; and Madras Red sheep[59], a sheep breed[60], in India[61].
Why It Matters
Chennai has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Chennai is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for Chennai include Madras curry[50]; Madras Checks Fabric[51], a cloth[52], in India[53], founded in 1100[54]; INS Chennai[55], a destroyer[56]; Madrasi chess[57], a chess variant[58]; and Madras Red sheep[59], a sheep breed[60], in India[61].