Bengaluru

Summary

Bengaluru is a largest city^[1]. Bengaluru draws 63,076 Wikipedia views per month (largest_city category, ranking #2 of 10).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bengaluru is located in Bengaluru Urban district^[3].
• Bengaluru is in the country of India^[4].
• Bengaluru is on the continent of Asia^[5].
• Bengaluru's instance of is recorded as largest city^[6].
• Bengaluru's instance of is recorded as megacity^[7].
• Bengaluru's instance of is recorded as provincial capital^[8].
• Bengaluru's instance of is recorded as global city^[9].
• Bengaluru's instance of is recorded as metropolis^[10].
• Bengaluru's instance of is recorded as city^[11].
• Bengaluru's official language is recorded as Kannada^[12].
• Bengaluru's shares border with is recorded as Electronic City^[13].
• Bengaluru's shares border with is recorded as Hosakote taluk^[14].
• Bengaluru's founder is recorded as Kempe Gowda I^[15].
• Bengaluru's twinned administrative body is recorded as Casablanca^[16].
• Bengaluru's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cleveland^[17].
• Bengaluru's twinned administrative body is recorded as Minsk^[18].
• Bengaluru's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Francisco^[19].
• Bengaluru's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kharkiv^[20].
• Bengaluru's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chengdu^[21].
• Bengaluru's twinned administrative body is recorded as Eindhoven^[22].
• Bengaluru's twinned administrative body is recorded as Guiyang^[23].
• Bengaluru's postal code is recorded as 560000–560107^[24].
• Bengaluru is part of Greater Bengaluru^[25].
• Bengaluru's Commons category is recorded as Bengaluru^[26].
• Bengaluru's licence plate code is recorded as KA^[27].

Body

Geography

Bengaluru is in the country of India^[4]. Bengaluru is located in Bengaluru Urban district^[3]. Bengaluru is on the continent of Asia^[5]. Bengaluru is part of Greater Bengaluru^[25].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+9621551'}^[28], {'amount': '+11250000'}^[29], {'amount': '+12327000'}^[30], and {'amount': '+6537124'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include largest city^[6], megacity^[7], provincial capital^[8], global city^[9], metropolis^[10], and city^[11].

History and Context

1537 marks the founding of Bengaluru^[32].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bengaluru include Kempegowda International Airport^[33], an international airport^[34], in India^[35] and Bangalore torpedo^[36], a weapon model^[37].

Why It Matters

Bengaluru draws 63,076 Wikipedia views per month (largest_city category, ranking #2 of 10).^[2] Bengaluru has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Bengaluru is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Bengaluru include Kempegowda International Airport^[33], an international airport^[34], in India^[35] and Bangalore torpedo^[36], a weapon model^[37].