Chennai

Chennai (ெசன்னை in Tamil), kent as Madras an aw, is the caipital o the state o Tamil Nadu an is Indie's fowert lairgest city. It is locatit on the Coromandel Coast o the Bay o Bengal. Wi a nae-pruived 7.45 million indwallers (2005), the 367-year city is the 41st lairgest metropolitan aurie in the warld.

Chennai Madras
Megaceety[1]
Clockwise frae tap richt: Chennai Central, Marina Beach, Madras Heich Coort, TIDEL Park, Ripon Biggin, San Thome Basilica, Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Classical dance Bharata Natyam an Valluvar Kottam Clockwise frae tap richt: Chennai Central, Marina Beach, Madras Heich Coort, TIDEL Park, Ripon Biggin, San Thome Basilica, Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Classical dance Bharata Natyam an Valluvar Kottam
Eik-name(s):  Detroit o Indie[2] Gatewey o Sooth Indie Indie's Heal Caipital, Ceety o fleeower
Chennai Location o Chennai in Tamil Nadu
Coordinates: 13°5′N 80°16′E / 13.083°N 80.267°E / 13.083; 80.267 80°16′E / 13.083°N 80.267°E / 13.083; 80.267
Kintra	Indie
State	Tamil Nadu
Destrict	Chennai, Kanchipuram Tiruvallur[A]
Umwhile name	Madras
Established	1639
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor–Cooncil
• Bodi	Greater Chennai Corporation
• Mayor	Saidai Duraisamy[3]
• Corporation Commissioner	D Karthikeyan IAS
• Police Commissioner	Dr. A K Viswanathan[4] IPS
Area [5][6][7]
• Megaceety[1]	426 km2 (164.5 sq mi)
• Metro [7][6]	1189 km2 (459.07 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population  (2011)[9]
• Megaceety[1]	7,088,000
• Rank	5t
• Density	17,000/km2 (43,000/sq mi)
• Metro [10]	8,653,521 8,917,749 (Extendit UA)[8]
• Metro rank	4t
Demonym(s)	Chennaiite
Leids
• Native	Standard Tamil Madras Tamil
• Offeecial	Tamil Inglis
• Minority	Hindi Telugu Malayalam Kannada Urdu
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Pincode(s)	600xxx
Area code(s)	+91-44
Vehicle registration	TN-01 to TN-14, TN-18, TN-22, TN-85
Metro GDP	$59 tae $66 billion (PPP)[11][12]
Website	Chennai Corporation