Chennai
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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].