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Madurai

city of Tamil Nadu in southern India
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Summary

Madurai is a city[1]. Madurai ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,559 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Madurai district[3]
  • Country: India[4]
  • Instance of: big city[5]
  • Shares border with: Ramanathapuram district[6], Dindigul district[7], Theni district[8], Virudhunagar district[9], Sivaganga district[10]
  • Postal code: 625001[11]
  • Commons category: Madurai[12]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[13]
  • Local dialing code: 452[14]
  • Authority: Madura Municipal Corporation[15]
  • Official website: http://www.maduraicorporation.in[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Madurai[17]
  • Commons gallery: Madurai[18]
  • Population: 1,561,129[19]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Madurai[20]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22]
  • Capital of: Pandya dynasty[23], Madurai district[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Madura[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Madurai[26]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Madurai[27]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Madurai[28]
  • Elevation above sea level: 101 m[29]
  • Area: 147.97 km²[30]
  • Geography of topic: geography of Madurai[31]
  • Language used: Tamil[32]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps on Madura[33]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Madurai include Madurai Airport[34], an international airport[35], in India[36].

Why It Matters

Madurai has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Madurai is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for Madurai include Madurai Airport[34], an international airport[35], in India[36].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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