New Delhi

Summary

New Delhi is a seat of government^[1]. It draws 5,132 Wikipedia views per month (seat_of_government category, ranking #2 of 5).^[2]

Key Facts

• New Delhi is located in New Delhi district^[3].
• New Delhi is in the country of India^[4].
• New Delhi is on the body of water Yamuna^[5].
• New Delhi's image is recorded as India Gate Legendary Saga Of Supreme Sacrifice.jpg^[6].
• New Delhi's instance of is recorded as seat of government^[7].
• New Delhi's instance of is recorded as municipality of India^[8].
• New Delhi's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• New Delhi's instance of is recorded as planned national capital^[10].
• New Delhi's instance of is recorded as federal capital^[11].
• New Delhi's official language is recorded as Hindi^[12].
• New Delhi's official language is recorded as Punjabi^[13].
• New Delhi's official language is recorded as Urdu^[14].
• Delhi is named after New Delhi^[15].
• New Delhi's twinned administrative body is recorded as Moscow^[16].
• New Delhi's twinned administrative body is recorded as Samarkand^[17].
• New Delhi's twinned administrative body is recorded as Jersey City^[18].
• New Delhi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141834021^[19].
• New Delhi's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79059883^[20].
• New Delhi's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11951913z^[21].
• New Delhi's IdRef ID is recorded as 027491013^[22].
• New Delhi's postal code is recorded as 110001^[23].
• New Delhi's Commons category is recorded as New Delhi^[24].
• New Delhi's licence plate code is recorded as DL-0?^[25].
• New Delhi's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2763541^[26].
• New Delhi's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[27].

Body

Geography

New Delhi is in the country of India^[4]. It is located in it district^[3]. It is on the body of water Yamuna^[5].

Physical Characteristics

New Delhi's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+42.7'}^[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+216'}^[29]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+249998'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include seat of government^[7], municipality of India^[8], city^[9], planned national capital^[10], and federal capital^[11].

History and Context

+1911-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of New Delhi^[31]. Delhi is named after it^[15].

Why It Matters

New Delhi draws 5,132 Wikipedia views per month (seat_of_government category, ranking #2 of 5).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]