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 (7,708 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's video is recorded as Chennai - bird's-eye view.ogv[8].
- Chennai's image is recorded as Ripon Building aerial view.jpg[9].
- Chennai's continent is recorded as Asia[10].
- Chennai's instance of is recorded as largest city[11].
- Chennai's instance of is recorded as million city[12].
- Chennai's instance of is recorded as provincial capital[13].
- Chennai's instance of is recorded as business cluster[14].
- Chennai's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity[15].
- Chennai's official language is recorded as Tamil[16].
- Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Volgograd[17].
- Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chongqing[18].
- Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Antonio[19].
- Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Denver[20].
- Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kuala Lumpur[21].
- Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ulsan[22].
- Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chemnitz[23].
- Chennai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Frankfurt[24].
- Chennai's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 19145424546186831446[25].
- Chennai's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127838758[26].
- Chennai's GND ID is recorded as 5351481-6[27].
Body
Founding
+1639-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chennai[28].
Identity
Official names include {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Ченнаи'}[29] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Chennai'}[30].
Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Chennai include Madras curry[31]; Madras Checks Fabric[32], a cloth[33], founded in 1100[34]; INS Chennai[35], a destroyer[36]; Madrasi chess[37], a chess variant[38]; and Madras Red sheep[39], a sheep breed[40], in India[41].
Why It Matters
Chennai ranks in the top 10% of largest_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,708 views/month).[2] Chennai has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Chennai is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for Chennai include Madras curry[31]; Madras Checks Fabric[32], a cloth[33], founded in 1100[34]; INS Chennai[35], a destroyer[36]; Madrasi chess[37], a chess variant[38]; and Madras Red sheep[39], a sheep breed[40], in India[41].