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].